| example of a woman who died last year is particularly | | | | Whatever the true reasons were for leaving a heavily |
| poignant, because it was a death that need not have | | | | drugged psychiatric patient alone and unattended for |
| happened but for the negligence of hospital staff. Mrs. | | | | 90 minutes, the facts are clear. Mrs. Pender went in |
| Pender(names have been changed to protect the | | | | cardiac arrest and stopped breathing because no one |
| victim), a mental patient, died in November 2008 at a | | | | was monitoring her during her wait. If they had been |
| county run hospital after being left in a waiting area for | | | | watching her, she may be still alive today. In part, the |
| 90 minutes without anyone checking on her. During her | | | | plaintiff’s medical malpractice suit, filed by Mrs. |
| wait, Mrs. Pender stopped breathing and when found, | | | | Pender’s daughter, states that the family has |
| had no pulse. | | | | lost a kind and loving woman due to the negligence of |
| The medical malpractice lawsuit filed stated that the | | | | the hospital. |
| hospital had failed to monitor and supervise Mrs. | | | | While this case is an example of a medical malpractice |
| Pender and that such negligence resulted in her death. | | | | lawsuit, it is also an example of a wrongful death |
| The Coroner listed multiple drug intoxication as the | | | | lawsuit. In instances like the ones in this case, it is best |
| cause of death. Mrs. Pender was in the county hospital | | | | to discuss the pertinent details with a dedicated and |
| waiting for a transfer to another facility and was, | | | | knowledgeable personal injury attorney. Only the |
| according to hospital protocol, seated in a waiting area. | | | | attorney will be able to assess the facts of the case |
| Although the paramedic team that took Mrs. Pender to | | | | and determine which route would be best to recover |
| the county hospital indicated she did not exhibit suicidal | | | | damages for the types of personal injuries involved in |
| behavior, she was a well-known patient at the hospital | | | | your specific case. |
| due to her extensive and highly unstable psychiatric | | | | Not all medical errors are classified as medical |
| history. The lawsuit speculates that Mrs. Pender was | | | | malpractice and in order to know your rights and |
| left alone for 90 minutes because no one truly believed | | | | understand how filing a medical malpractice lawsuit or |
| there was anything wrong with her, other than the | | | | a wrongful death suit works, you must speak to a |
| usual psychotic symptoms. | | | | skilled personal injury attorney. |