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Dr Kenneth Smith 901 Patient Interview

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Interview of Dr Kenneth Smith, 901 Patients First, Washington, MO 63090 (636) 239-7500 On September 8, 2015 I interviewed Dr Smith at his place of business in Washington, MO. Dr Smith gave the following information: Arlene Skornia and her husband Wilbur had been patients under his care for 10-20 years. He had overseen Arlene on several hospitalizations, and surgical recoveries, finding her and her husband to be intelligent, articulate people. He had met her sons but had little direct contact with them. Arlene had a number of complex medical issues and at the time of her admittance to Mercy Hospital in Washington, MO in August 2013 was being seen by several specialists to include her Oncologist, Dr Heuser. Dr Smith says it was Dr Heuser that actually had her admitted to the hospital on August 13, 2013. He learned about it when the hospital contacted his office to tell him one of his patients had been admitted thru the emergency room. …show more content…

They felt she wasn’t resting and he was concerned because she was “pretty out of it” when she did take the medication. He wanted to “limit” the medications, but one of the sons asked if she could take Benadryl to help her sleep. Dr Smith didn’t want to give Benadryl as a sleeping aid so there were a number of discussions regarding her medication levels and the effects it was having. Because of her overall medical issues he decided to have Dr Moore, a pain management specialist review the case. It took a few days but the medications were eventually “leveled out” although not

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