CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL DANGERS: NEEDLESS PROCEDURES AND BOTCHED SURGERY. CALL LOS ANGELES INJURYLAWYERS
Chances are that if you are going to a hospital you are already hurt or sick. If a medical procedure or other hospital error deteriorates your condition rather than improves it, the hospital and/or its staff may be liable. The California Department of Health has just fined 13 state hospitals for violating health codes, including those in which foreign objects were found inside patients after surgery. Though every violation extracts a $25,000 fine from the hospital, for many the citation and fine are too little to late. If you or a loved one has received medical care that worsened your situation in California, please call 1-800-ALAWPRO to speak to a personal injury lawyer at no cost.
Just this month a hospital in Hollywood was fined and cited by the California Dept. of Health for a needless and ultimately deadly blood transfusion. The victim was given an unneeded transfusion with the wrong type of blood, and died as a result. An investigation showed that the nurses did not follow the appropriate blood transfusion protocol.
Of the 13 violations recently disclosed, all of which occurred in 2007 and 2008, three involved foreign objects found inside patients. Other violations were for unnecessarily using restrains, not appropriately assessing and intervening when a patient was in decline, and improperly following surgical procedures leading to patients to require more surgery. To learn more about medical malpractice and patient rights, visit our website at www.alawpro.com.
If you or someone close to you has been hurt or killed at a CA hospital, get legal help now. At the Law Firm of The Rudman Law Firm, PLC, we have more than 50 years combined legal experience. Call us at 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) for a free and confidential consultation. We are here to fight for you.
