A young Pittsburgh-area police officer died by suicide and pointed to Lasik eye surgery complications as the reason. Now his Penn Hills family is demanding industry accountability.
Ryan Kingerski’s family members said the 26-year-old’s Lasik eye surgery led to unbearable pain. They say if doctors and industry leaders highlighted or even conveyed the real, much higher complication numbers, patients would be better educated about the risks. They believe the industry is trying to downplay complications and silence people like their late son.
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In an interview with KDKA-TV earlier this year, mom Stefanie Kingerski described her son Ryan as “witty, charming, smart.”
But the dedicated Penn Hills police officer died by suicide after struggling with debilitating side effects following Lasik, which is an elective eye surgery…