延误救治混血儿惨遭截肢 诉医院失职获赔一千万

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因救治延误而惨遭截肢的加州幼童玛雅(Malyia Jeffers)与医院就医疗渎职一案达成和解——她将获得一千万美元的赔偿。据医疗渎职资深律师称,这是加州历史上最大金额的医疗渎职和解案。

急诊室延误致2岁女童截肢  父母起诉医院医疗渎职

2010年11月,时年两岁的玛雅被父母送至萨克拉门托的卫理公会医院(Methodist Hospital)救治,她当时正在发烧、皮肤出现变色并且十分虚弱。法庭文件显示,医院告知玛雅一家必须等待。

根据2011年2月14日玛雅父母向萨克拉门托的州初审法院提交的起诉书,在急诊室等待期间,玛雅越来越虚弱,她的父母反复恳求医院进行治疗,但得到的回应却是继续等待。玛雅的父母Ryan Jeffers和Leah Yang看着女儿越来越虚弱,身上的瘢痕不断增加,蔓延到腿部、胳膊以及脸上,而医院却拖延诊治,她的父母担心她会死在急诊室里。

5个小时后,玛雅终于见到了医生,随后立即被直升机送往斯坦福大学的Lucile Packard儿童医院抢救。斯坦福的医生发现A型链球菌已经侵蚀了玛雅的血液和器官,他们只得为玛雅实施了截肢手术,截下玛雅的双腿、左手以及部分右手。

玛雅在斯坦福医院治疗了3个月,随后转往萨克拉门托另一家医院,至今仍在接受治疗,她今后的生活将不得不与昂贵的药物、定制义肢、特制服装以及轮椅相伴。

玛雅的父母于2月14日对卫理公会医院提起了医疗失职之诉。

 

双方达成和解  女童获赔一千万

案件双方最终达成和解——萨克拉门托的卫理公会医院及其母公司西天主教医疗(Catholic Healthcare West)将支付一千万美元赔偿。玛雅的家人签署了保密协议,不能谈论此案,但法庭文件显示,这一千万美元的大部分将放入信托基金,满足玛雅的现时需要,并在她年满18岁后提供每月16,932美元的年金,这笔年金将随时间增长,到玛雅30岁时,每月的数额将是18岁的约两倍。继续阅读

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