Smith v. South Shore Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the

court:

Plaintiff, Clark Smith, appeals from a July 24, 1986, order, granting summary judgment to Dr. Teresito Arcillas and South Shore Hospital, defendants in a medical malpractice action. The record discloses that on March 6, 1979, Dr. Arcillas examined the plaintiff, who was experiencing difficulty urinating. Plaintiffs condition was diagnosed as a benign enlargement of the prostate gland or “benign prostatic hypertrophy.” As a result of this diagnosis, Dr. Arcillas ordered tests to be performed on an outpatient basis, and subsequently, on…