Stroke patient blames major brain damage on inadequate care at OC hospital

Stroke patient blames major brain damage on inadequate care at OC hospital

Lawsuit alleges Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana lacked the proper equipment and a capable neurosurgeon to treat patient.

Beacon's advanced stroke care prevented devastating brain damage for patient > Beacon Health System

Mike Riggins Mike Riggins loves to golf. But one afternoon while working on his mom’s driveway, he wondered if he’d ever play again. “Something felt kind of weird” as tools inexplicably slipped from his hand. He felt a bit unsteady but managed to get home. On the way, his right hand wouldn’t cooperate. “It just wasn’t following instructions at all,” he says. Once home, Mike told his wife, Marti, he thought he was having a stroke. A nurse, she im…