Dr. Jeffrey Pugh
#6 of 40
Neurosurgeons in
Edmonton,
Alberta
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We have been siting on this painful knowledge for 14 years. Our son was operated on by Dr. Pugh for a biopsy of an inoperable brain tumour. He insisted we look at the MRI screen shots prior to the surgery when we did not want to, a visual we wish we had not seen. It haunts us to this day. He cavalierly claimed there was less than a 5% chance of a brain bleed and that it was a short stay in hospital. Our son suffered a severe brain bleed from the surgery and was not monitored closely. By the time they got him back in to stem the flow, severe damage had been done. We almost lost him. He was in hospital for a month and has been left with debilitating issues. His quality of life is forever compromised from the damage and poor care. I was told Dr. Pugh lost sleep over our son. That doesn’t help him now. At one point in time we asked how we would know if the shunt was not working. In front of our son he said “ Well, some kids die in their sleep, but that is usually infants”. At this point we did not have much faith in him or the Stollery. We lost so much sleep in a vigilant mode. We all suffer PTSD to this day, especially our poor son.
Submitted Jan. 25, 2024