The results can be fatal when nurses or hospital employees fail to follow doctor’s orders. Consider the case of a 64 year old woman who had a successful colostomy reversal surgery and later died at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. Her surgeon provided specific written instructions that the woman was not to have any oral feedings. However, the woman was provided with liquid and solid food, despite the doctor’s orders. She developed sepsis that led to organ failure and ultimately her death from the reintroduction of an oral diet too soon.
Her children and the executors of her estate sued and recovered $1.75 million dollars. However, despite their successful Philadelphia medical malpractice lawsuit, they still suffer the unnecessary and tragic loss of their mother.
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