MEDICATION ERROR GENTAMICIN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWYER
When you trust a medical professional with your health, you don’t expect that they will make a gentamicin medication error, and make things worse. What do you do when the medical professionals at fail at their jobs? If that occurs, you can file a medication error gentamicin malpractice lawsuit which is what we did for our Connecticut client.
WHAT IS A GENTAMICIN?
Gentamicin is a strong antibiotic. Gentamicin also has strong side effects. Your medical professional must closely monitor the amount of gentamicin in you system. If your doctor does not monitor your Gentamicin level, you can experience serious neurologic symptoms. Gentamicin “poisoning” is a known problem for this drug.
FACTS OF THE CASE
Our client was allergic penicillin. As a result, the doctor gave our client Gentamicin. Unfortunately, the doctor failed to monitor the Gentamicin, and the doctor kept your client on Gentamicin for too long. As a result our client suffered from a loss of balance, and must use a walker to walk. This tragic result could have been avoided had his doctors used one of the many other antibiotics that would have helped, or if they monitored the Gentamicin levels in his system. Our client’s balance problem is permanent.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD OF CARE?
The standard of care is that level of care that a reasonable prudent medical professional is required to meet or exceed. You have a right to expect that your medical professional follows reasonable prudent protocols in their field. In fact, your health and safety depends on it. When they act carelessly, and fail to follow the standard of care, and if that failure causes you harm, then you might have a medication error gentamicin malpractice case.
WHAT IS MEDICATION ERROR GENTAMICIN MALPRACTICE?
Medical malpractice is a legal term to describe negligence by a health care professional. This includes negligence by your doctor, nurse, hospital employee, nursing home employee, or any other medical professional. When a medical professional falls below the standard of care they are negligent.
The State of Connecticut regulates medical malpractice lawsuits. You cannot file a medical malpractice lawsuit unless you obtain certification from a similar health provider that medical negligence has occurred. In a medical malpractice case, you can recover money compensation for all of your harms and losses.
HOW WE HELPED OUR CLIENT RECEIVE JUSTICE FOR MEDICATION ERROR GENTAMICIN MALPRACTICE.
The first thing we did was to confirm the facts of the case by getting the medical records. Next, we sought expert advice from a similar health provider whom we retained as our expert. We had a good medication error gentamicin malpractice case. After that, we documented our client’s damages which included the medical bills she incurred, and reasonable compensation for the balance problems our client experienced.
We presented this information to the defendant. We convinced their insurance company that our client’s claims were reasonable, and correct. This case settled fairly for $100,000.00. With our help, our client received a reasonable settlement. This pleased our client greatly.
Burke v. Weingast, et al.
WHERE TO FIND HELP.
If you or anyone you know believes you are victim of medical malpractice contact The Bartinik Law Firm LLC for help. Our office is located at 100 Fort Hill Road, Groton, Connecticut. Call 860-445-8521.