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Jury Verdict Against Doctors in Medical Malpractice Claim
Posted on Jan 18, 2010
Ronald Weaver contracted clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff., while being treated for a foot infection at Northeastern Hospital in Philadelphia in 2005.
The doctors at Northeastern began treating him for C. diff., however, one of the doctors failed to give him a 14-day course of medication for the infection as instructed by one of the hospital’s infectious disease physicians. Instead, he only received a 7-day course of the medication.
The treating doctor then sent a letter to his primary care doctor regarding the events. However, the letter was misdated with July 24, 2004 rather than with the actual date of July 24, 2005.
A week later, Mr. Weaver went for a follow-up appointment to his primary care doctor. Instead of seeing his regular doctor, he had his appointment with one of the other partners. The doctor did not see the letter regarding Mr. Weaver’s sickness and re-prescribed a cephalosporin antibiotic for his foot.
Mr. Weaver returned to his doctor’s office two weeks later complaining of sickness since he was discharged from the hospital. He was instructed to return to the hospital. When he did, Mr. Weaver was diagnosed with toxic megacolon and septicemia. He required surgery to remove his colon. The surgeons also performed a procedure to attach a pouch to collect his intestinal waste.
A jury awarded the plaintiffs $2.75 million for failure to properly treat an infection that required the removal of his colon.
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