Negligence as an act of omission
1. Bone in the rear-end taken out due to pressure sores
An 80-year-old was admitted to an assisted-living center and had small pressure wounds on her tailbone as well as her left foot. During the following two weeks, the sores got a lot worse, but no medical treatment was given. The lady began to have a high temperature and was taken by ambulance to the local hospital; doctors were shocked. The sore on her tailbone was so infected that the bone was exposed. Surgery was done to clean out the wound, and a piece of the tailbone had to be taken out. Once the patient returned to the assisted-living facility, her sores got worse, and she died of sepsis four months later. http://www.sandiegoaccidentinjurylawyer.com/lawyer-attorney-1279341.html 2. Leg cut off due to untreated heel sore
An 85-year-old resident of a South California assisted-living facility developed an ulcer on his right heel and it was left untreated for almost seven weeks. Regardless of the nurses’ notes stating that the sore was responding to treatment, the sore grew to be very large, discolored, necrotic, and began to smell. After the infection was discovered, the man was taken to the hospital and his leg was cut off above the knee. http://www.sandiegoaccidentinjurylawyer.com/lawyer-attorney-1279341.html 3. Patient passes away due to Neglect
An 84-year-old resident of an assisted-living facility passed away due to a very bad case of urosepsis because the facility did not care for and clean her catheter. http://www.sandiegoaccidentinjurylawyer.com/lawyer-attorney-1279341.html Negligence as an act of commission
1. Untrained employees drop an 70-year-old
A 70-year-old patient of a local hospital broke her leg after being dropped by an untrained, inexperienced, unsupervised employee in what should have been a routine transfer from
