Neurosurgeons at KIMSHEALTH performed a transnasal endoscopic surgery on a one-and-a-half year-old girl who had been brought to the hospital in a comatose state and was diagnosed with life-threatening brainstem cavernoma, a rare congenital defect where a cluster of blood vessels in the brain becomes inactive, leading to haemorrhage. A statement issued by the hospital said that transnasal endoscopic brainstem …
The author and Natalie at Natalie's EDS specialist. Courtesy of Beth Swanson This is all information that the insurance company would know had it had the basic decency to talk to Natalie’s neurosurgeons, her EDS specialist, her parents or Natalie herself. In 2023, ProPublica reported that both Cigna and UnitedHealthCare used a review system that allows doctors who are hired …
