An Alabama jury recently awarded a man's mother, on behalf of his estate, $3 million dollars after a hospital negligently discharged him to home following stomach surgery despite clear indications of an ongoing internal bleed.  In the lawsuit, Plaintiff alleged that the 37 year old decedent had been diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer and subsequently underwent surgery.  Following the procedure, the decedent's hematocrit dropped, requiring several blood transfusions.  He was discharged.  A few days later, he died from exsanguination caused by the erosion of the ulcer into an artery. The lawsuit alleged that the two surgeons, residents and hospital were negligent in failing to ensure that the ulcer had been repaired and failing to monitor the decedent's postoperative bleeding. 

At STSW, our lawyers routinely handle failure to properly monitor post-operative patients cases in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas.  These cases arise from a simple failure to recognize internal bleeding, a systemic infection such as sepsis, or any number of a garden variety of post-operative complications.  If you or a loved one has been victimized by a health care provider's failure to monitor, call our team at 410-385-2225 for a free consultation.