A Texas pastor and father-of-six suffering from a life-threatening form of E. coli died after doctors treated him with the wrong drugs, according to a medical malpractice lawsuit obtained by The Independent.
When Bishop Jonathan Sayles was admitted to Houston’s Kingwood hospital in July 2024 with what he thought was pneumonia, he underwent a battery of diagnostic tests, including a lung culture that tested positive for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase E. coli, an antibiotic-resistant and potentially deadly – but treatable – form of the bacterial infection, says a complaint filed July 14 in Harris County District Court by the 66-year-old’s widow, Rachel.
