Dr Edwin Vincent Wehling faces malpractice lawsuit and medical board charges

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 4

Laura Belt, 46, died in May 2024 after hernia surgery at Decatur County Hospital in Iowa; nurses Brandi Oesch and Tammy Roberts and the hospital are also defendants.
The lawsuit says staff dismissed leaking stool from her incision and constipation as normal, delaying emergency care until she arrived at Wayne County Hospital in septic shock.
The Iowa Board of Medicine alleges professional incompetency against Wehling; he and the nurses deny wrongdoing, with a disciplinary hearing set for September and a civil trial on 23 August.

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