Effingham Hospital, 3 Doctors Facing Lawsuit After Guyton Mother of 2 Left Permanently Disabled

Key Points:

• An Effingham County woman, identified as M.G., is suing Effingham Hospital, several physicians, and affiliated medical groups for alleged negligence that led to her permanent disability from a treatable inflammatory bowel disease.
• The lawsuit claims that Dr. Robert Wynn, a general surgeon and hospital executive, failed to refer M.G. to a gastroenterologist and mismanaged her treatment, including prescribing discontinued medication and continuing prednisone despite worsening symptoms.
• M.G. suffered severe complications including toxic megacolon, colon perforation, sepsis, multiple amputations, and permanent disability, resulting in over 600 days of hospitalization and ongoing medical care.
• Expert affidavits included in the suit state that Dr. Wynn’s failure to engage gastroenterology and mismanagement of M.G.’s condition deviated grossly from the standard of care and likely caused her severe complications.
• The plaintiffs seek a jury trial, compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, and damages for M.G.’s husband, with allegations also highlighting hospital administrators’ financial motivations linked to past opioid diversion penalties.