Hospital Accused of Negligence in "Superbug" Staph Case

As first repoted by Newsday on Tuesday, Aileen Rivera, a New York mother, announced plans to file a $25-million dollar lawsuit against Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York for "negligence, recklessness and carelessness", stemming from an emergency room doctor's failure to diagnose her 12-year-old son, Omar, with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA.  Instead, the doctor gave Omar an over-the-counter antihistamine and sent him home.  Two days later, Omar was dead.  The hospital has said that Omar did not exhibit symptoms of MRSA when his mother brought him to the emergency room. 

Failures to properly diagnose an illness is common form of medical malpractice.  If you or a loved one believe you have been the victim of a failure to properly diagnose an illness, including MRSA, please contact the lawyers at Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White at 410-385-2225.