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Judge: UK Hospital can't be sued

Man tried to sue the hospital for medical malpractice,
said surgeons left a towel in his body during a surgery

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UK Hospital can‘t be
sued for medical malpractice
after surgeons left a surgical
towel inside a patient for two
years following a kidney
surgery, a Fayette Circuit
. Courtjudge ruled Tuesday

The ruling was based on
a 1997 Kentucky Supreme
. Court decision that granted
UK “sovereign immunity,"
defining UK as a government
entity free from lawsuits by
private citizens against the
state.

Judge Pamela Goodwine

announced in court that she
had misgivings about the law
but felt it must be followed.

Other defendants, Dr.
William McRoberts, Dr.
David Kagey and surgical
technician Randall Johnson.
still face a medical malprac-
tice suit for their involve-
ment in the incident.

Bruce Gehle, an attorney
for UK and the other defen-
dants in the suit, agreed with
the judgment.

“Education is a function
of government, and the func—
tion of medical school is
state function." Gehle said.

Masten Childers II. the

attorney for plaintiff
Howard Chapman, had a dif-
ferent take on the decision.

“We believe (UK Hospi-
tal) competes with private
businesses,” Childers said.
“If it engages in a propri-
etary act, it‘s not entitled to
separate standards."

After having kidney
surgery in 2001, Chapman
fell ill. He has said he felt like
he was going to die.

Surgeons believed they
were going to find a tumor;
instead. they found a blue
towel in the July 29 surgery.

“It looked like something
out of Alien." Childers said.

UK Hospital billed Chap
man for several tests that
were run on him before the
surgery to determine the

cause of his abdominal pain.

Chapman may file a
claim with the State Board of
Claims, through which he
could receive a compensation
for medical and legal costs of
up to $200,000, but no pain
and suffering or punitive
damage payments can be
awarded.

UK does not keep a
count on surgical towels as it
does with other equipment,
said Johnson, a surgical tech-
nician, in a deposition.

He recalled another
event when a surgical sponge
was lefi inside a patient, but
because the sponges were
counted, doctors were able to
X-ray the patient, find it and

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UK hopes to have a business process that gives equal access to purchasing opportunities. Here, a worker for Nesser Construction Com-
pany Installs lights In the Administration Building.

By Jeff Flcimer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

UK is strongly encourag-
ing minority businesses to
take advantage of the many
opportunities on campus. UK
officials said.

“We want to have a
proactive business process
that seeks to provide all sup-
pliers equal access to pur-
chasing opportunities." said
Lisa Atkinson, a supplier re-
lations manager at UK who
works to attract minority
businesses.

UK has contracts with
more than 350 minority ven-
dors, and UK employees said
they're looking for more.

The purchasing depart-
ment has recently contacted
minority-owned companies
that provide services or
goods that UK needs. The
purchasing department also
uses the university‘s Web site
to list all business opportuni-
ties.

Invitations for bids and
requests for proposals are
posted online at

wwwukyedu/Purchasing. al-
lowing any business to ac-
cess the site and bid on a job.

“We hope to promote and
sustain the economic
growth, development and
self-sufficiency of minority
business owners and entre—
preneurs," Atkinson said.

Encouraging minority-
owned businesses to work
with UK has been something
the university has wanted to
do for a while, she said, but
the necessary resources and
staff were not available until
recently

UK has thousands of dif-
ferent products and services
that it must obtain through-
out the year. Everything
from computer purchases
and buying paper clips in fac-
ulty offices is contracted and
purchased. This provides
many different business op-
portunities.

One business helped by
UK is TEM Electric, a minor-
itycwned commercial elec-
tric contracting firm in Lex-

on.
“UK has been very in-

strumental in building my
business," said owner Tom
Masterson. “I did my very
first job ever here at UK."

Some of the company‘s
campus work includes elec-
trical labor at Common-
wealth Stadium, Lexington
Community College sign
lighting and the Margaret 1.
King Library addition.

Mid-American Chemical
Supply Co. is another minor-
ity-owned company that
works with UK. It provides a
wide array of janitorial prod-
ucts, sanitizing chemicals
and paper and plastic com-
modities.

“We could not afford to
lose this business and are
looking forward to increas-
ing the volume in the near
future.“ said President Cal
Smith about his company's
work with UK. UK has been a
large part of Mid-American
Chemical Supply Co.‘s
growth over the last several
years.

During the first few
months. Mid-American Sup
ply Co. was doing an average

of $750 of business a month
with UK. This year. it has
grown to average $19,078 a
month.

UK is ranked 4th in over—
all volume of business out of
Mid-American Chemical
Supply Co's 1.294 regular
customers.

“Presently. this repre‘
sents a significant percent-
age of our overall business,"
Smith said.

The Purchasing Depart-
ment is working on goals it
wishes to meet as far as mi—
nority involvement on cam-
pus. The Lexington Chamber
of Commerce has also been
helping out with ways to fur-
ther the promotion.

Officials are eager to be-
gin increasing minority-
owned businesses on cam-
pus.

“We are hopeful that our
efforts will increase the dol-
lars spent with minority
businesses of record and that
we will identify new busi-
nesses to do business with."
Atkinson said.

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Cell phone users
may not be safe .
from telemarketers

New regulations may enable telemarketers to get
cell phone numbers as many cancel land lines

By Stephanie Diem

CONTRIBUTING IIITEI

Telemarketers may abandon the infamous din- '
nertime phone calls and start calling you on your ,
walk to class, at lunch or during work breaks due to -
new guidelines. -

The Federal Communications Commission I
passed regulations, which took effect Nov. 24, that T
allow cell phone users to switch carriers and keep
their current phone numbers.

Many are predicted to ditch their home phones
due to the heightened cell phone easibility, causing
cell phone numbers to appear more frequently on
telemarketers’ call lists.

About 10 percent of land line consumers will
make the switch to wireless service when they know
they can keep their current number, estimated Gart-
ner, Inc. telecommunications research company.

Eventually, similar legislation could be passed
pertaining to the transfer of home phone numbers
to wireless numbers, said Ron Cowles, research
vice-president for Gartner.

If in fact such regulations are enacted, the odds
of telemarketers reaching consumers on their cell
phones will increase immensely, Cowles said.

Currently, not many customers receive calls
from telemarketers on their cell phones, said UK
telecommunications professor John Clark.

Shannon Ratliff, a representative for the Pre-
ston-Osborne Marketing Communications and Re-
search Company in Lexington, said she anticipates
the possible new legislation would make it much
more likely that her company would reach cus~
tomers on their cell phones.

Ratliff does not foresee it creating a problem
with the customers they call, though.

“Most of our numbers come from lists provided
by our clients, and the numbers they receive are
those given tot-hem by their customers.” she said.
“The numbers are the primary phone number that a
customer requests to be contacted a .”

Clark also said the possible new regulations will
not happen for a while, yet some analysts predict
other regulations could be proposed as early as 2004.

Although the future of the issue is still unclear,
many have said they are worried about the possible In-

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caused primarily by the struggle that ensued afier the sus-
pect lunged and swung at the officers, the coroner said
Wednesday in a case that has heightened racial tensions.
Hamilton County Coroner Carl Parrott said Nathaniel
Jones, 41, suffered from an enlarged heart, obesity and had
intoxicating levels of cocaine. PCP and methanol in his
blood. He said the death will be ruled a homicide but added
that such a decision does not mean police used “excessive
force." The coroner said he had to rule the death a homicide
because it did not fall under the other categories: accident,
suicide or natural. Jones’ death certificate will list a cause of
death as an irregular heart beat because of a stress reaction
from the violent struggle, Parrott said. Black activists say
Jones’ death was another example of police brutality
against blacks in a city that was rocked by race riots three
years ago. That unrest was Sparked after a white police offi-
cer shot and killed an unarmed fleeing black suspect. But
city officials have said the officers in the current case were
properly defending themselves against a violent suspect.
The officers — five white and one black — were placed on
administrative leave, which is standard procedure.

Mailenctioninq parking meter to be removed

The parking meter in the parking lot near the
Funkhouser and Chemistry-Physics buildings that monitors
about 20 parking spots was covered yesterday due to a mal-
function. According to Don Thornton, director of Parking
and Transportation Services, the meter has been plagued
with technical difficulties since it was installed. Unlike stan-
dard parking meters, the meter is responsible for timing
multiple parking spaces. The faulty meter will be replaced
with standard parking meters, one meter for each parking
space. The installation of the meters is under the supervi-
sion of the Physical Plant Division, and Thornton said that
the installation may take some time. Parking officials said
in order for people to park at the metered spaces until the
new meters are installed, they must first notify the parking
attendant.

Series of shootings in Ohio leaves locals unnerved

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Parents nervously took their chil-
dren by the hand and walked them to school. Teachers were
given maps to help them get to work without using the high-
way nearby. Outdoor recess was canceled for the rest of the
week. A deadly series of 12 shootings in the area since May
— including one in which a bullet broke a window at Hamil-
ton Central Elementary School last month in the middle of
the night —— have unnerved parents, motorists and others.
On Wednesday, police used dogs and a helicopter to search
woods for a weapon after residents reported a gunshot near
the sites of the shootings. Columbus police spokeswoman
Sherry Mercurio said officers were talking to a man, and lat-
er led a handcuffed man away from the direction of the
woods. But authorities say the case is probably not related to
the shootings and the man would probably not be arrested.
The 12 shootings that investigators believe are connected
have taken place around a five-mile stretch of Interstate 270.
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towel had been left inside him
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He also said he was unsure whether the act of leaving a
towel inside a patient was professional or that anyone on the
surgical team should be made responsible for making sure
no towels are left inside a patient.

Gehle said much of Johnson’s deposition might not
make the trial. “I think you will hear another side of the sto
ry by the time the wse goes to trial," he said.

Childers said he probably would appeal Goodwine’s de
cision. He said that if the case ever went to the Kentucky
Supreme Court, the court could decide to overrule its 1997
decision on sovereign immunity.

Some members of the court have changed, and he be-
lieves that those originally ruling in favor of the statute may
change their minds.

“Certain developments in the way a law works can
cause them to change the way they see things — they're hu-
man like the rest of us," Childers said.

Gehle said he believes UK provides a service by training
medical students in an accredited institution that is non-
profit and government-run.

Childers disagrees, pointing out the vote on the
Supreme Court case was 4-3.

He referred to Sixth District Supreme Court Justice
Donald C. Wintersheimer’s dissent. which quoted Abraham
Lincoln’s first State of the Union address:

“It is as much the duty of government to render prompt
justice against itself in favor of its citizens as it is to admin-
ister the same between private individuals.”

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crease in calls.
CELL Lisa Eickholt, a hospitality
management and tourism
sophomore, said she worries
about the consequences of the
possible new legislation.

“1 don’t want telemar-
keters calling my cell phone and wasting my minutes.”
Eickholt said.

Customers can arm themselves against this, some
said.

The Do-Not-Call Registry, launched last June, enables
people to place their names and phone numbers on a list.
preventing telemarketers from calling their number.

People can register at no cost by calling (888)382-1222
from the number they wish to register or by going to
www.donotcall.gov.

According to the Web site, cell phone numbers may
also be added to the list.

Jenna Barker, a secondary education sophomore, said
the regulations would help with problems stemming from
land to wireless number portability.

“People are just going to have to take advantage of
the Do-Not-Call list,” she said.

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THE BARF LI

Buster’s a bust for the Barfly

Note to self: Contrary to former per-
sonal belief. pearls are not an acceptable
accessory in all social situations.
Buster’s is brimming with punk
kids. self-proclaimed “free thinkers"
and dogs wearing
spiked collars — not
exactly the scene the
Barfly was expect—
ing to find in a Lex-
ington bar.
But I’m not com-
plaining; there’s got
to be something to
this place that’s kept
patrons coming back
to Buster’s over the
past 12 years.
' Maybe its the

walls —— painted black and covered in
chalk graffiti -— that beckon you to
come a little closer and add to their
chaotic transcriptions. Don’t get too
close though. I made that mistake and
ended up with pink and blue chalk all
over the back of my coat.

Perhaps the allure of Buster’s lies
in its pool tables. For just $5 per-hour,
you can rent one of six tables and play
to your heart’s content.

Best of all, the tables are spaced
well enough apart so that you won’t run
the risk of poking someone you might
not want to poke with your pool cue.

Another thing that probably keeps
people coming toBuster’s is the pet-
friendly atmosphere. Well not complete-
ly pet-friendly -— the main animal clien-
tele is dogs (I wouldn’t want to see
someone bring a cat into Buster’s on a
Saturday night).

‘ Being able to bring your dog to a
bar is always a plus. Especially for peo-
ple who take the phrase “man’s best
friend” a little too seriously, as well as
those who are unable to enjoy them-
selves when they go out on the town be-
cause they are worried about having
left their “baby” at home.

I can’t contain myself whenever I
see a cute dog. Instinctively, I want to
run up and talk to it and give it hugs
and kisses. But at Buster’s, I must con—
trol my canine-befriending urges, since
some of the dogs’ “parents” are very
protective of their “children” and don’t
like people talking silly and blowing
kisses to them.

Having learned this the hard way
by receiving one very nasty glare from
one owner, I realized I must control my-
self around the furry patrons at
Buster‘s — especially the ones with dif’
ferent-colored eyes and spike collars
that growl incessantly and answer to
names like Butch and Killer.

Okay, so maybe it’s not the dogs that
attract everyone to the bar.

Bartenders and regulars at Buster’s
agree that what keeps people coming
back night after night is the juke box.

Buster’s boasts the best juke box in
town, and it indeed has a juke box that
caters to a wide set of musical tastes.

 

JONATHAN PALMER I KERNEL STAFF

Psychology senior Klm Noble (left) and animal science junior Shannon Rayles enioy a round
of darts at Buster' s. The bar has several entertainment options, including six pool tables.

 

It’s jam-packed with albums from a
number of classic punk bands — the Sex
Pistols, the Smithereens and Iggy Pop. to
name a few — as well as, if I do say so
myself, a plethora of “the” bands. that.
for the most part, I can do without.

“The” bands are bands relatively
new to the music scene whose names
start with the ever-so—creative article
“the,” and all tend to sound the same.

I wasn’t bowled over by the music se-
lection at Buster’s, but don’t take my
word for it. My musical standards are
quite different from most.

So I haven’t been able to put my fin
ger on what exactly draws people to
Buster’s It could be the pleasure of
drawing on the walls playing a friendly
game of pool having a beer with your
four- legged friend or flipping through the
“best juke box' in town.’

One thing I can assure you is that it's
not because of the bathrooms.

THE BARPLY RATES IT

I have taken various facets of the bar into
consideration, and by using my Barfly super-
powers. have devised a rating system that is
not only helpful, but easy to swallow.

Bar Service ‘1
Buster's only serves beer,

so you won't have to wait

for the bartender while he

whips up fancy shots and

cocktails.

Bathrooms

If I could give negative
martini glasses. I would. If
it is at all possible for you
to ‘hold it' while at
Buster's, I would recom°
mend doing so.

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Drink Prices
_ All domestics are $2; im-
Iler views do not necessarily reflect those of

the Kernel.
PM WWIcom.

Overall Rating

It's just not my kind of
place. I can see myself
stopping in again in the fu-
ture, but not frequently.

RATING SYSTEM

The Low-Down

Buster’s is located on the corner
of Main and Upper streets down- . . , . , , , _
town. _ I

It is open Monday through Sat-
urday from 6 pm. to 2 am. The sale
of alcohol stops at 1 am. like all oth-
er bars in Lexington.

There is never a cover charge,
and along with six pool tables to play
on, there’s darts and air hockey.

Consider me a regular
Is it 1 am. already?
Cheers!

Call it an early night

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Ky. Supreme Court ruling
needs to be challenged

On Tuesday, Fayette Circuit Court Judge hole on the interstate.

Pamela Goodwine ruled that UK Hospital UK hospital isn’t the government. It’s a
can’t be sued for medical malpractice by state-owned facility, but it competes with
Howard Chapman. every other hospital in the state. According

UK surgeons left a surgical towel inside to the Supreme Court ruling, had Chapman’s
Chapman‘s abdomen after they performed a surgery been performed at Saint Joseph’s,
kidney operation on him. The towel was re- the hospital could be sued for medical mal-
moved five months ago. practice.

Chapman says he experienced excruciat- As it is, Chapman can only collect money
ing pain for more than two years while the from UK hospital for the cost of his correc-
towel went undiscovered. He said he thought tive surgery. The surgeons and personnel re-
he was dying. sponsible for the mistake can be sued for

But. according to Goodwine, UK Hospital punitive damages, but the hospital can’t.
can't be held responsible for the mistake be- The Kentucky Supreme Court has relieved
cause of a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling UK Hospital of any responsibility for ensur-
in 1997 that included the facility in sovereign ing that its employees perform their duties
immunity laws. Sovereign immunity protects in a professional manner. Since 1997, every
governments from being sued by citizens. malpractice suit against the hospital has

The Kentucky Supreme Court was negli- been dismissed.
gent in its decision to extend this privilege to When she issued her ruling, Goodwine
UK Hospital. said she wasn’t sure she agreed with the

Masten Childers II, Chapman’s attorney, Supreme Court’s 1997 decision but was oblig-
rightly argues that sovereign immunity was ated to follow the law it established.
intended to preclude government from law- Childers says he plans to appeal Chap-
suits stemming from activities which it is man’s case all the way to that same Supreme
specifically responsible for. Court if necessary. This time around, the

In other words. the government can’t be court should overturn its mistake and force
sued by prisoners who were wrongfully jailed UK Hospital to operate within the same legal
or motorists who wrecked because of a pot- parameters as its competitors.

 

Commons residents _
can't count on buses

Ash|_ey Davies

GU51 COLUMNS?

When I arrived at UK for the fall semester of 2003. ‘I
was excited to begin the school year. I was starting new
classes, and I was living in a new apartment at the Univer-
sity Commons.

Soon after I arrived, however, my attitude turned sour,
along with my opinion of the University Commons and
LexTran. For the first week of school, no buses arrived on
time. New bus schedules were posted every day, and prob-
lems with the buses were brushed aside.

LexTran and Commons employees said the bus'es
weren’t running on time because of beginning-of—theyear
“kinks” and that things just needed to be worked out. Need-
less to say, whoever is in charge had not had a chance to fix‘
these “kinks" yet. The beginning-of-the—year problems have
become year-round ones. .

Currently, there is one bus running to campus from the
Commons, while there are currently more than 700 stu-
dents living in the Commons Apartments. The thought has
not occurred to UK that one bus cannot run on time, no
matter how good the traffic is. UK should have realized this
before leasing the Commons. 7

I have been late to class many times because of a bus
that didn’t run on time. On several occasions, students‘at
the Commons have recounted tales of bus drivers taking
breaks while they were still on the bus. Some students took
matters into their own hands and walked the rest of the
way back to their apartments. When attempting to contact
the information number of LexTran located on the bus
stop signs, I have been hung up on, verbally insulted and
flat out lied to. . ,

Calling the LexTran information number does about
as much good as cleaning a floor with your toothbrush. On
one particular day, the Commons bus broke down, and I
called the information number. I was told the bus was
stuck in traffic. Little did I know that the bus was causing
the traffic. I only found this out when a LexTran shuttle,
which was supposed to seat six, ended up seating 19 stu-
dents who needed to get to class, leaving the other 20 or
more students to find another way to class, if they even
ended up going.

When signing a housing contract, I was promised reli-
able busing that would run from the Commons to campus
every 20 minutes. As far as I’m concerned, my housing con-
tract has been broken.

There are a few possible ways UK can please the many
unhappy students that live in the Commons. .

First. if UK wants to continue to treat the Commons as
though it’s not university housing, administrators should
take away the RA’s and the alcohol-free environment and
allow students to live there like it’s not university housing.
If UK won’t treat the Commons the same as other universi-
ty housing, why should students?

Also, if UK is unable to provide reliable busing for stu-
dents, there should be other alternatives. The least UK
could do is give the students free parking passes, even if
it‘s K-Lot, as long as it’s free. K-Lot parking passes are the
only passes left for students, according to the UK Parking
Office. To use the K-Lot parking pass, I would have to park
by the stadium and catch the stadium bus to campus, then
catch the stadium bus back to the stadium and then drive
home. I guess this is considered easier than catching an un-
reliable bus or waiting for a bus that will never come.

If a bus is late, students have no other way to get to
class than to either wait for the next bus or to drive them-
selves. However, driving oneself to class is one thing ——-
parking is another. Parking costs me almost % a trip. With-
in a semester, that could buy a parking pass.

UK should have purchased another bus to make sure
Commons residents get to class on time. It has now become
a good day when I know the bus will at least pick me up —
worrying about how long I’ll have to wait just isn’t worth
my time anymore.

My advice to students looking at the Commons Apart-
ments for a place to live: keep looking.

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Correction
Mayor Teresa Isaac’s name was misspelled in yes-
terday’s staff editorial.

To report an error call The Kentucky Kernel at 257-1915. ‘

 

KEES scholarships should be based on merit

Anticipating a
$3.3 million shortfall for
KEES scholarship funds
in 2005-06. state lawmak-
ers formed a legislative
panel to deal with the
problem and look for
ways to find alternative
funding other than that
of the Kentucky State
Lottery.

The panel approved a _._...._.._._..
report recommending “mm-WWI
standardizing grade point
averages to a numeric form because some
schools issue grades differently. giving
certain students an advantage over others.
The recommendation allows high school
students to use their money toward dual-
cr