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operating room
Without proper cleaning, tissue or fluid from one patient can remain in surgical equipment when it is used on a subsequent patient
On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection
Lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old boy died because a surgery center and anesthesiologist bungled resuscitation during a tonsillectomy
Patient is left with lifelong breathing problem
Painter Law Firm lawyers/attorneys handle surgical and anesthesia medical malpractice cases
Delaying diagnosis and treatment can lead to dead or necrotic stomach or bowel, and even death
Before consenting to surgery, make sure to ask about other treatment options first
For infections, prompt diagnosis and treatment is important
Lawsuit alleges that neurosurgeon Brian O'Grady, M.D. operated, at least in part, on the wrong part of the patient's brain