prettyredhead
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What is the name of your state?IL
Hi, asking for a friend. She had a husband, who had cancer in three parts of his body. He was in the Hynes Vet Hospital in Illinois. He had been heavily medicated, and we are guessing was delirious or simply wasnt thinking, anyway he lit a cigarette in his bed, and it caught him on fire, as well as the whole wing. He was pulled out of his room by a nurse, but not until he was burned over 30% of his body, (not superficial to the bone) . This hospital allows smoking on a seperate wing.
My question is, why was he allowed to have a lighter and cigarettes in his room where oxygen was in use, and he was unattended for at least 15 minutes after he was on fire. A roomate dragged himself out of bed and called for help. Jerry (victim) later died that night at Loyola Medical Center's burn unit. Oviously, Jerry should not have lit a lighter, we get that he is partially to blame, but does she have a case? He had another 8-12 months to live according to doctors, and now because of hospital neglect, he is dead.
What do you think? Please, no bias on my posting here. Please give me a answer regardless of your feelings for me.
Does she have a case? I think so, perhaps not. Medical cases are tough to win I know. But this accident cost a life.
Hi, asking for a friend. She had a husband, who had cancer in three parts of his body. He was in the Hynes Vet Hospital in Illinois. He had been heavily medicated, and we are guessing was delirious or simply wasnt thinking, anyway he lit a cigarette in his bed, and it caught him on fire, as well as the whole wing. He was pulled out of his room by a nurse, but not until he was burned over 30% of his body, (not superficial to the bone) . This hospital allows smoking on a seperate wing.
My question is, why was he allowed to have a lighter and cigarettes in his room where oxygen was in use, and he was unattended for at least 15 minutes after he was on fire. A roomate dragged himself out of bed and called for help. Jerry (victim) later died that night at Loyola Medical Center's burn unit. Oviously, Jerry should not have lit a lighter, we get that he is partially to blame, but does she have a case? He had another 8-12 months to live according to doctors, and now because of hospital neglect, he is dead.
What do you think? Please, no bias on my posting here. Please give me a answer regardless of your feelings for me.
Does she have a case? I think so, perhaps not. Medical cases are tough to win I know. But this accident cost a life.