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jp10558
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State is NY.
My grandmother was recently hospitalized with severe back pain. Due to this, in the emergency room she was proscribed pain medication via a shot. When this was explained to her, she specifically stated that she did not react well to morphine/codine and their derivatives.
Because of this, or inspite of it, they proscribed deloted(sp?) a synthetic codine derivative. When they were preparing to give her this medicine, she asked what it was, was informed, and she refused the medicine clearly, stated I don't want that. It was administered any way. Then the doctor came back, and saw it did not do anything, and proscribed a second dose via IV, even though he said "That one dose should have knocked an elderly woman on her [butt]". Again my grandmother indicated concern and a desire not to have the medicine, again it was administered.
Once she had the second dose, she stopped breathing, and she had to be put on forced air for a few minutes to get her breathing again.
My mother and myself were present in the emergency room, and also expressed concern to the staff, especially in light of my grandmothers wishes. However we were ignored as the hospital claimed to have lost my grandmothers health care proxy forms, and were told that only my grandmother could have input to her treatment.
Since the incident, my grandmother has had a pronounced memory loss, and loss of cognative function, she says she feels like she lost something during the incident. It could be brain damage, I'm not a doctor though.
Is there any case in this, any point in talking to a lawyer re a malpractice suit?
My grandmother was recently hospitalized with severe back pain. Due to this, in the emergency room she was proscribed pain medication via a shot. When this was explained to her, she specifically stated that she did not react well to morphine/codine and their derivatives.
Because of this, or inspite of it, they proscribed deloted(sp?) a synthetic codine derivative. When they were preparing to give her this medicine, she asked what it was, was informed, and she refused the medicine clearly, stated I don't want that. It was administered any way. Then the doctor came back, and saw it did not do anything, and proscribed a second dose via IV, even though he said "That one dose should have knocked an elderly woman on her [butt]". Again my grandmother indicated concern and a desire not to have the medicine, again it was administered.
Once she had the second dose, she stopped breathing, and she had to be put on forced air for a few minutes to get her breathing again.
My mother and myself were present in the emergency room, and also expressed concern to the staff, especially in light of my grandmothers wishes. However we were ignored as the hospital claimed to have lost my grandmothers health care proxy forms, and were told that only my grandmother could have input to her treatment.
Since the incident, my grandmother has had a pronounced memory loss, and loss of cognative function, she says she feels like she lost something during the incident. It could be brain damage, I'm not a doctor though.
Is there any case in this, any point in talking to a lawyer re a malpractice suit?