The wife of a patient who was treated at Northwest Community Hospital alleged that the hospital and many of its doctors committed medical malpractice when they failed to identify the signs and symptoms of her husband\u2019s aortic dissection. She claimed that as a result of their negligence, his condition became worse, and he subsequently died. His estate recently settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $6.5 million.<\/p>\n
In December 2010, the patient, Nicholas Figaro, who was age 35 at the time, was taken to the hospital in Arlington Heights by ambulance with a complaint that he had suddenly felt stabbing chest pains. A chest x-ray was performed on him, and was interpreted as normal by Dr. Vinay Singh in spite of the fact that it revealed that the part of his aorta nearest to his heart was enlarged. <\/p>\n
Figaro was admitted overnight, and the following morning he was subjected to a stress test, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The wife of a patient who was treated at Northwest Community Hospital alleged that the hospital and many of its doctors committed medical malpractice when they failed to identify the signs and symptoms of her husband\u2019s aortic dissection. She claimed…<\/span><\/p>\n