Category Archives: Brain Damage
Florida Has Yet To Pay Brain Injury Victim
Suffering a traumatic brain injury at birth through medical negligence often leads to a life of challenges. Not getting paid the $30.8 million awarded to you by a jury for your injury makes a challenging life even harder. This is just what has happened to a 14-year-old teenager thanks to the reticence of Florida legislatures, according to the teen’s attorneys. Aaron Edwards was born at the Lee Memorial Health System in Florida in 1997. A jury determined in 2007 that Lee Memorial was negligent and failed to follow standard hospital rules and regulations, awarding the young victim $30.8 million. Four years later, the family has been unable to collect the money. The medical institution, a governmental entity, must have its claims reviewed by the Florida legislature before payments are made. “It has become common practice with this Florida legislature to just sit on these claims bills so that they are…
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Mother Of Twins Dies After C-Section
The C-Section is a procedure that continues to grow in popularity in the United States. Whether it is required in order to prevent birth injuries, or simply done because the mother thinks it will be easier than standard birth, the procedure is not without risks. Mother-to-be Michal Friedman was scheduled for surgery in a Manhattan hospital for November 28, but when doctors found her blood pressure was elevated in her November 27 pre-op appointment, they rescheduled her for a same-day surgery. Doctors performed a C-section on Friedman. After the surgery, she hemorrhaged. As her husband watched, her condition steadily declined, prompting doctors to request he leave the room. At 9:30 p.m., doctors informed him of the death of his wife. C-sections have become so common that many people do not consider that the procedure is a surgical one, and with all surgeries, there are risks. In C-sections, the most common…
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Steroids Help Reduce Preterm Infant Mortality
A newly published study has demonstrated that giving steroids to pregnant women at risk for preterm birth may boost an infant’s chance of survival and reduce the risk of serious developmental issues The study, published in the Dec. 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the current guidelines, which suggest prenatal steroids be administered to women who are at risk for delivering between the 24th and 34th week of pregnancy, can be expanded to the 23rd week. The steroids help the infants with lung development, which increases the odds of survival and reduces the risk of brain injury. Dr. Wally Carlo, director of the division of neonatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, authored the newly published study. “When given as early as 23 weeks, prenatal or antenatal steroids reduce an infant’s risk of death and important developmental issues,” said Dr. Carlo. Currently there…
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