Associate Professor of Medicine at UAMS stated, “plaintiffs’ brief states that Dr. Damalcheruvu ‘order[ed] a man to be drugged, starved and dehydrated against his will[.]’ Pls.’ [citation to pls. brief] This is an inaccurate statement. Dr. Damalcheruvu is a
neuro-radiologist. His alleged involvement, if any, was instead confined to the scope of his specialty as a neuro-radiologist.”

The involuntary patient, Sean Lynn, was held for two weeks against his will. Dr. Damalcheruvu was there on day one. He knew about and apparently approved of the forced fentanyl feeding carried out by nurse Nathan Ernst. Sean did not want to use fentanyl. His pain level was only 2 out of 10 with 10 being highest. Sean wanted to go home.

Instead, Dr. Damalcheruvu continued the false narrative that Sean had a 35-foot free fall onto his head, even though the fall was 10-feet. With no explanation, Dr. Damalcheruvu ordered that Sean be held for observation with no consent. Here is Dr. Damalcheruvu’s note:

“This is an unknown age male, approximately in his 40s, who presents to the ED as a level 2 trauma activation following a fall off a 35 ft ladder. On arrival to the ED he is hemodynamically stable, bradycardic to the 40s, otherwise satting well on non-rebreather. On exam he has obvious trauma to the right temporal region, blood in the left ear, appears altered and is oriented to person. He is following commands. Trauma team was present on patient’s arrival to the bedside. E fast was obtained and was negative. Following primary survey patient was taken to CT scanner where CT head was notable for multiple intracranial hemorrhages, blunt aortic injury. He was started on Keppra. Neurosurgery was consulted. Attending over read is concerning for active temporal hemorrhage. I spoke to on-call Neurology resident and relayed these findings. Patient will be admitted to STICU for continued neuro exams.”

Notice, there was no imminent danger of death or disfigurement noted. There was no mention of coma or incapacity. There was no mention of a petition for court approval to override patient autonomy. There was no mention of attempts to find a surrogate or any family member. In fact, UAMS staff already had Sean’s wallet. They found an expired insurance card, but Dr. Damalcheruvu did not ask anyone to check Sean’s ID for name and date of birth.

Exactly what happened next is unknown, because there are scant notes. Dr. Damalcheruvu should have asked for the surveillance videos always taken in the Emergency Department be preserved. But he didn’t. There is a strong inference that the video would not exonerate Dr. Damalcheruvu from accusations of civil and criminal false imprisonment and battery.

What was seen by Sean’s significant other and me the next morning, after we tracked Sean down, was Sean bound to a bed naked, begging to be released.

That morning Dr. Damalcheruvu wrote: “Longitudinal fracture of the right temporal bone traversing the tegmen mastoideum and anterior and posterior walls of the external auditory canal. No evidence of ossicular disruption or otic capsule involvement. Unremarkable HRCT of the left temporal bone. I personally reviewed the image(s) and, if necessary, I edited the report. I agree with the report as now presented. Electronically Signed by: Prashanth Reddy Damalcheruvu, M.D. on 01/14/2024 at 09:28:27.”

NOTICE: “No evidence of ossicular disruption”

When the medical personnel and security at UAMS finally let Sean leave, two weeks later, the ossicular in his left ear was disrupted. Sean has Hospital Acquired total hearing loss in his left ear.

Dr. Damalcheruvu, who is paid about $560,000 per year, was supervising the residents and students who forced Sean to be a Guinee pig for their medical education.

Now Dr. Damalcheruvu is taking no responsibility for the non-consensual confinement and harmful or offensive contact. The snake even ignored two notices to pick the summons for our civil suit up from the post office for over a week. Then he argued that he was not served summons timely and should be dismissed from the suit because HIS due process was violated.

“I was only acting within my specialty” is not a defense to forcing a man to be drugged, starved and dehydrated in order to observe the man. A person’s professional specialty does not erase responsibility for knowingly participating in conduct that would otherwise be unlawful. The Nuremberg tribunals rejected the broader principle that individuals could avoid responsibility simply because they occupied a specialized role in a larger course of conduct.

WARNING! DO NOT ENTER UAMS MEDICAL CENTER. It may kill you, or cause serious disabilities.