{"id":1078,"date":"2014-12-31T20:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/woman-sues-howard-county-general-hospital-over-amputation\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:17:59","slug":"woman-sues-howard-county-general-hospital-over-amputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/woman-sues-howard-county-general-hospital-over-amputation\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman sues Howard County General Hospital over amputation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alleges Johns Hopkins doctors fail to diagnose infection<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n

A 59-year-old woman from Baltimore, Maryland is suing Howard County General Hospital, a member hospital of the Johns Hopkins Health System, allegedly doctors failed to properly diagnose an infection which lead to the amputation<\/a> of her arms and legs (note: although The Cochran Firm, D.C. represents victims of medical malpractice, we are not representing the plaintiff in this case). \u00a0The woman was admitted three times to the\u00a0hospital complaining of severe pain, but was discharged without the pain's source being determined.<\/p>\n

In March 2012, while waiting to be discharged for a third time, the woman was found lying on her stretcher in a dazed state. \u00a0The examination performed by doctors diagnosed her with a severe bacterial infection and organ failure, the resulting blood loss to her limbs caused gangrene and required amputation of both arms and legs. \u00a0Doctors later determined the cause of her condition stemmed from infected tissue in her uterus.<\/p>\n

Medical negligence allegedly linked with\u00a0amputation<\/b><\/h2>\n

The medical malpractice lawsuit claims Howard County General Hospital doctors acted negligently when they discharged her from the hospital without determining the source of her pain even though ultrasounds of her uterus showed a large collection of fluids. \u00a0Because doctors did not order a comprehensive pelvic examination, the lawsuit alleges they acted with negligence when they discharged her\u00a0from the hospital.<\/p>\n

Doctors have a duty to provide proper care to their patients and when a breach of this duty occurs, this can be grounds for a suit of negligence. \u00a0The amount\u00a0of compensation collected by the victim depends on the damages suffered and a variety of other factors.<\/p>\n

Wrongful amputation cases<\/b><\/h2>\n

A wrongful or improper amputation of a limb can occur for a number of reasons. \u00a0They include miscommunications between referring physicians and the surgeon, professional incompetence by the surgeon removing the wrong body part, or even complications during surgery requiring emergency amputation. \u00a0It should be noted that amputation resulting from surgical complications may not necessarily be negligence if the patient was adequately warned of the\u00a0risks prior to\u00a0surgery.<\/p>\n

Every year, thousands of individuals\u00a0suffer an improper amputation and have their lives changed forever. \u00a0If an improper amputation occurs, the doctors, surgeons, nurses and hospital may\u00a0be guilty of a breach of their legal duty\u00a0to provide reasonable care to their patients. \u00a0Patients affected by wrongful amputation may\u00a0be eligible for substantial compensation based on factors including\u00a0age, occupation, income, emotional distress, and marital status. Other damages stemming from a wrongful amputation include medical costs of prosthetics, physical therapy, and future medical conditions arising from the amputation\u00a0such as\u00a0arthritis and back pain from wearing prosthetic limbs.<\/p>\n

Improper amputation attorney<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you or someone you love experienced the trauma of an improper amputation due to the negligence of healthcare workers, The Cochran Firm\u2019s Washington, D.C. office can help. \u00a0Our\u00a0team of experienced medical malpractice attorneys are dedicated to securing\u00a0our clients\u00a0the compensation they deserve. \u00a0Please contact us at your earliest convenience for a free and prompt case review at 202-682-5800 or fill out a contact form<\/a>. \u00a0Because deadlines apply when filing a wrongful amputation claim, please\u00a0contact us as soon as possible in order to preserve your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alleges Johns Hopkins doctors fail to diagnose infection A 59-year-old woman from Baltimore, Maryland is suing Howard County General Hospital, a member hospital of the Johns Hopkins Health System, allegedly doctors failed to properly diagnose an infection which lead to the amputation of her arms and legs (note: although The Cochran Firm, D.C. represents victims […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[{"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_type":"none"}],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11706,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/11706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}