case-results: Hospital Malpractice

Hospital failed to monitor the pressure in a young patient’s brain after a surgery to repair an aneurysm. As a result, the patient suffered another bleed in her brain and now requires around the clock care for the rest of her life. The family wanted to take care of her in their home and to surround her with music and the voices and faces of the people that love her. This has allowed them to do just that.

At a local hospital, a trainee was allowed to perform a hernia repair. During the surgery the trainee inserted the instrument too far and cut the patient’s aorta causing massive blood loss. The patient almost died in the operating room.

A local doctor ignored the concerns raised by a principal of a local elementary school when he complained about new fatigue. The patient was eventually diagnosed with late stage colon cancer which cut short his life with his family and his grandchildren.