Ok so here is the short version.... The hospital preformed a surgery on my da Tuesday, they screwed up and admitted today that a Tech wasn't wathing monitors properly so they didn't open the shunt in time and my dad suffered in there words"catastrophic brain injury". We spoke to Risk management today also. They are fully admitting it's there fault.....so question is...hire an attorney NOW or wait til he is hopefully stable. A retires attorney told me to wait...get more info from the hospital while they are talking. We have 2 years in our state to file. We actually retained an attorney before I spoke to this other one who said she would get started now!! We have 3 days to cancel her so what do you think???? We don't want to piss off the hospital while dad is still unstable. I
Excuse my spelling I'm tired and stressed...I really question whether he will survive this. It's really bad...
Second question...how long should we wait?? Obviously if he dies it doesn't matter we just want to guarentee he is taken care of for life!! Hs is paralyzed on his left side now and can't even eat! They can't insert a feeding tube because he can't sit up....it's freakin crazy
The hospital says they have disciplined the tech that was responsible. The hospital has put the bill on hold. So know cost so far. Unless they start changing there story!!
Alice C
I would wait some.
Catty
Don't wait. You don't know if what the hospital is telling you is the truth. If you hire a good lawyer, they will be able to access anything and everything that they need to make a case. Think about it this way, the medical bills are going to start to mount. Brain injuries (if someone survives) are catastrophic and require immense care. You want to be as far ahead as possible to cover the expenses. Waiting is only going to add to the burden in the end.
I would see a lawyer tomorrow, and get working on the case. Make sure you find a firm that practices medical malpractice. Its a specialized area. Not just regular ambulance chaser stuff.
Swamp Poodles
Honestly, I would hire an attorney now- if you wait, they may clam up and start trying to hide and deny- the longer they have to do this, the harder it will be for your. By the time anything actually comes of it, your father's condition will be stable.
Sorry about your Dad!
Marla
You have to do it now because your lawyer has to get a doctor in there to measure the extent of damage or they will write it off as a small incident. With malpractice you have to get the doctor on the lawyers side in there. Pronto. If you wait, they will have doctors that will swear they don't see how a shut could have caused all the damage that my never be present again for evidence.
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