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$ 2,500,000.00 Confidential Recovery (Massachusetts), for failure to timely diagnose and treat encephalomyelitis in 18-year-old male; wrongful death. Hospital Negligence and Physician Negligence:
In this medical negligence case, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant physicians at the hospital were negligent in failing to timely diagnose the 18-year-old male decedent's encephalomyelitis despite clear symptoms. The decedent suffered brain death and was removed by his family from life support.
The defendant physicians and hospital denied any wrongdoing and maintained that the decedent's condition was aggressive and that earlier diagnosis and treatment would not have changed the outcome.
The 18-year-old male decedent presented to his pediatrician with complaints of a high fever and a headache which had persisted over a couple of weeks. During the examination, it became clear to the pediatrician that the child required immediate medical care since he was confused and unsteady on his feet. when the patient arrived at the emergency room, he displayed these symptoms which were worsening. He alleged unsteadiness, blurred vision, slurred speech, persistent headaches and high fever.
The defendant physician diagnosed him with viral meningitis or early signs of encephalopathy. The defendant physician failed to follow-up with a neurologist consult and failed to perform any diagnostic testing on the patient to confirm the defendant's diagnosis. the defendant was admitted to the hospital and then came under the care of the defendant hospitalist who also failed to order any diagnostic imaging of the patient's brain despite continued worsening of his symptoms, with increased headache pain and inability to walk without assistance due to the unsteadiness of his gait.
On the third day the defendant was prematurely released from the hospital, suffered a relapse, was rushed to the hospital again, diagnosed with an encephalopathic injury to his brain after an MRI was performed, determined not to have brain activity, and was subsequently removed from life support by his family. The autopsy determined the cause of death to be acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
[http://www.jvra.com/verdict_trak/article/190997]
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