$4.5 million Chicago medical malpractice settlement will go to family in case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital
In Illinois, the family of Bernardica Saric was awarded a $4.5 million Chicago medical malpractice settlement in a case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Her widower, Andjelko Saric, and her five adult children are the recipients of the settlement.
According to the family’s Chicago medical malpractice attorney, Saric, a Bartlett woman, was first treated in 2000 when a polyp was removed from her colon. Following the surgery, she developed an infection and was readmitted to the Chicago hospital.
Doctors diagnosed Saric’s infection as E. coli. The family’s Chicago medical malpractice lawyer claims that the hospital chose to give her antibiotics that the bacteria is resistant to before sending her home.
Saric’s infection became sepsis. She then had a heart attack and suffered from multi-organ failure before dying earlier this year. The family’s Illinois medical malpractice lawyer says she suffered a great deal during the last nine years.
The Bartlett family still has a Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit pending against Saric’s doctor.
Medication Errors
Giving a patient the wrong medication can prove catastrophic and result in health complications, including nerve damage, blindness, brain damage, hearing loss, paralysis, a heart attack, infections, respiratory problems, infection, hemorrhage, coma, and death. Other common types of medication mix-ups include giving a patient the wrong dose or administering the medication in the wrong way. Medicine.net reports that seniors make up nearly 50% of deadly medication mistakes.
Medical providers are supposed to make you feel better. They are not supposed to make mistakes that can cause injury, health complications, or lead to wrongful death.
Bartlett family awarded millions in malpractice settlement, Daily Herald, September 22, 2009
Related Web Resources:
The Most Common Medication Errors, Medicine.net
