Sister of deceased marine implores Congress to reverse military medical malpractice ban

[The Straight Story]

Sister of deceased marine implores Congress to reverse military medical malpractice ban

WASHINGTON – Marine Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez of Ellenville died in 2007 at the age of 29 from a melanoma on his buttocks that was misdiagnosed by military doctors while he served in Iraq.

Congressman Maurice Hinchey has introduced legislation that would reverse a current 50 year old federal law that prohibits lawsuits and he testified about it before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Rodriguez’s sister, Ivette Rodriguez, traveled to Washington, DC to address the lawmakers imploring them to change the law.

“I speak not just for my whole family who miss my brother dearly including his young son Carmelo Rodriguez IV, but I speak for the countless other military families that have been forced to confront similar situations,” she told the panel.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/March09/25/mil_malprac-25Mar09.html

[moobu2]

1. I saw the story on the news yesterday, Poor guy and his family

and so young.