There is an update to a story we have been extensively covering for you since 2020 involving a malpractice lawsuit filed by David and Mariana Saucedo against doctors Roberto Canales, Rodolfo Fierro-Stevens and the El Paso Children Hospital over the death of their three-year-old daughter.
Readers may remember the Saucedo’s filed a malpractice lawsuit against the two doctors and the El Paso Children’s Hospital on August 10, 2020. The lawsuit alleges that the doctors and the children’s hospital were “grossly negligent” in the care they provided to the little girl who died at the hospital. Their daughter died on August 31, 2019.
Central to the case is an affidavit filed by Dr. Thomas C. Mayes that was attached to the lawsuit. The affidavit states that Mayes is board certified in pediatric medical care including critical care medicine. Mayes wrote in his affidavit that El Paso Children’s Hospital officials “ambushed” him demanding that he allow Canales to practice intensive care medicine even though the doctor did not meet the hospital’s regulations for practicing that type of medicine…