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MRSA from a surgery Can I sue to cover hospital bills?
Here is the issue I am having. My husband had a basic knee scope. He got a staph infection from the surgery. He had 2 more surgeries the following week to clean it out. The dr completely cut open his kneee both times. He then got MRSA from one of those surgeries. He had to have 2 more to clean out the 2nd infection. He now has had 5 surgeries He has gotten 2 different infections and is now currently in the hospital with an infection . They are still waiting on the culture to see if this is the same infection or a different one. He is only 36 years old and was in good health before this. He may have to have more surgeries this week to clean out this infection. He is on IV antibotics at home and has been sine June 2nd when all of this started. He is unable to work and will be for a while if he is ever able to work again. He has lost all control of his leg. Muscles are sagging and he does not have all of the feeling in it. Not sure if I have a case or not I am in OHio if it matters
Public Comments
- Staph infections run rampant in hospitals especially in orthopaedic surgery cases. It is usual and customary to administer prophylactic antibiotics just prior to surgery and then irrigate with bacitracin during the procedure. If he was discharged from the hospital and had to return due to staph infection then you should take a look at his bloodwork lab reports just prior to his being discharged. If his white blood count was high and he was discharged anyway without antibiotics then you should perhaps seek the advice of a med mal attorney.
- My mother in law got 2 sets of MRSA in the hospital. They almost killed her. Dig this. She was in the hospital for 2 weeks and went home, unknowingly with MRSA. She went back after 3 days, and stayed for 4 1/2 months! They didn't offer to pay 1 penny.
- I would contact an attorney specializing in medical malpractice and have him or her evaluate your case. A doctor or someone with good medical training [typically the med mal attorney has a solid medical background] is going to need to evaluate the records in order to figure out whether this was due to negligence of the doctors or was just a normal risk of the surgery. It is extremely difficult to win a medical malpractice case, but they are also very expensive for the hospital to fight. Your odds of getting a favorable settlement are a lot higher if all you want is a reduction or waiver of the hospital bills.
