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"A lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish Civil District Court claims a patient at Touro Infirmary Hospital was subject to a hospital bed which was \"surrounded and infested with insects.\"<br /><br />New Orleans attorney John Sileo filed the lawsuit on behalf of Orleans resident Joseph Cayou on May 13.<br /><br />The lawsuit claims the insects \"were swarming around the garbage cans which were overflowing with trash.\"<br /><br />In the course of Cayou's stay at Touro, he was \"severely affected with insect bite,\" the suit states.<br /><br />After taking note of the insects, the plaintiff was moved \"to a number of subsequent rooms. Each of the subsequent rooms was also infested with bugs,\" the suit states.<br /><br />Cayou lists permanent disability, mental anguish and \"all other damages allowed by law.\"<br /><br />The lawsuit claims Touro and the nurses that took care of Cayou are liable for failing to keep a safe environment for their patients, among other charges.<br /><br />Orleans Parish Judge Sidney Cates IV has been assigned this case.<br /><br /><em>Orleans Parish Case 2011-5115<br /></em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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