An infant in hospital care was left for ten minutes without oxygen in 2009. The hospital failed to provide him with proper airway support or enough oxygen, leaving him with permanent brain damage.
\nThe boy is now four years old and requires intensive care to live daily life. His family has filed a lawsuit asking for $40 million to care for him and cover past and future medical expenses. There may be punitive damages awarded and, possibly, approximately $10 million for lost wages, pain and suffering, disfigurement and lost of use of his legs and arms.<\/p>\n
The child was diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 2009, when he was just four months old. He was taken from Onslow Memorial Hospital to Greenville, where the physician on duty and the transport team were allegedly medically negligent in ensuring he received the amount of oxygen he needed during the trip and in the E.R. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An infant in hospital care was left for ten minutes without oxygen in 2009. The hospital failed to provide him with proper airway support or enough oxygen, leaving him with permanent brain damage. The boy is now four years old…<\/span><\/p>\n