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My father-in-law had been receiving dialysis treatment for over two years, normally with myself, my wife or my sister-in-law taking him home, this was done do to him being very weak and disoriented after his treatment. On Jan.
23 2001, a close friend of the family was held at the same time of dialysis. My wife and sister-in-law had phoned and talked with the dialysis nurse more than 1/2 dozen times. She assured them that they would get him safely on the City's Handicap Bus and the bus driver would see him into his house, this had been done a few times before. No one helped him to the bus, he fell hit-
ting his head on the bus steps resulting in head,back and neck injuries. After 5 days laying in the hospital,complaining of neck/back pain and being assured by hosp.staff that X-rays show no injuries, he was told his neck was broken and unrepairable. He was told he was bedridden but with dialysis could live another 3/5 yrs. He stated his Dr.(who was outoftown) knew he did not want to live this way and was not going to dialysis. After attending Dr. ordered him to go to dialysis, a 3rd Dr. abritrated. Dr.#3, after talking to father and posi-tive that my father-in-law knew the circumstances, honor his request and no dialysis was given. My father-in-law died 10 days later. The estate lawyer said he would start proceedings against the hospital and wrote a letter to the hospital. We were told by the lawyer(almost a year later and no other action taken) that his daughter-in-law had graduated from school and was hired by the hospital which created a conflict of interest, therefore he was dropping our case. Do we have any recourse or is it too late?
Thank You, Patrick
P.S. We have never received a bill from, or been contacted by, the hospital.
My father-in-law had been receiving dialysis treatment for over two years, normally with myself, my wife or my sister-in-law taking him home, this was done do to him being very weak and disoriented after his treatment. On Jan.
23 2001, a close friend of the family was held at the same time of dialysis. My wife and sister-in-law had phoned and talked with the dialysis nurse more than 1/2 dozen times. She assured them that they would get him safely on the City's Handicap Bus and the bus driver would see him into his house, this had been done a few times before. No one helped him to the bus, he fell hit-
ting his head on the bus steps resulting in head,back and neck injuries. After 5 days laying in the hospital,complaining of neck/back pain and being assured by hosp.staff that X-rays show no injuries, he was told his neck was broken and unrepairable. He was told he was bedridden but with dialysis could live another 3/5 yrs. He stated his Dr.(who was outoftown) knew he did not want to live this way and was not going to dialysis. After attending Dr. ordered him to go to dialysis, a 3rd Dr. abritrated. Dr.#3, after talking to father and posi-tive that my father-in-law knew the circumstances, honor his request and no dialysis was given. My father-in-law died 10 days later. The estate lawyer said he would start proceedings against the hospital and wrote a letter to the hospital. We were told by the lawyer(almost a year later and no other action taken) that his daughter-in-law had graduated from school and was hired by the hospital which created a conflict of interest, therefore he was dropping our case. Do we have any recourse or is it too late?
Thank You, Patrick
P.S. We have never received a bill from, or been contacted by, the hospital.