Family files lawsuit against doctor who performed Kamloops man’s final surgery
KAMLOOPS — The family of a 51-year-old Kamloops man who died in January last year are suing the doctor who performed his surgery.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Vancouver earlier this month, Stephen Burnstad was pronounced dead approximately 90 minutes after a surgery that was intended to treat his gastric carcinoid tumour.
The lawsuit alleges Dr. Reuben James Bond, a thoracic surgeon in Surrey, failed or refused to recognize the cause of Burnstad’s declining condition following the surgery.