{"id":500,"date":"2016-05-04T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:23","slug":"jury-verdict-favors-hospital-newborns-strep-infection-caused-meningitis-brain-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/jury-verdict-favors-hospital-newborns-strep-infection-caused-meningitis-brain-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Verdict Favors Hospital in Newborn\u2019s Strep Infection That Caused Meningitis and Brain Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 6, 2007, \u00a0Dramara Sviels was born at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialmedical.com\">Memorial Medical Center<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Springfield,_Illinois\">Springfield<\/a>, Ill. During the delivery, Dramara contracted <a href=\"http:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/pregnancy-complications\/group-b-strep-infection\/\">Group B Streptococcus<\/a> infection, which was claimed not diagnosed before Dramara was discharged from the hospital the next day. As a result of the infection, it progressed to very serious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/meningitis\/\">meningitis<\/a>, which was diagnosed on April 8, 2007. The meningitis left Dramara with cerebral palsy and seizure disorder. According to the report of this case, the lifetime medical and caretaking expenses would amount to more than $20 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit filed by Dramara\u2019s family, it was maintained that the child was exhibiting symptoms of sepsis during his stay at Memorial Hospital at the time of his discharge and during an April 7\u00a0phone call from Dramara\u2019s \u00a0parents to the hospital nursery after discharge. The lawsuit maintained that these symptoms should have been immediately treated.<\/p>\n<p>The experts who testified on behalf of Dramara\u2019s family stated that a chain of command protocol at the hospital should have been initiated to delay the infant\u2019s discharge and that the nurses who handled the April 7\u00a0phone call should have referred the baby to a pediatrician or to the emergency room for immediate care.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/jury-verdict-favors-hospital-newborns-strep-infection-caused-meningitis-brain-damage\/#more-500\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 6, 2007, \u00a0Dramara Sviels was born at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill. During the delivery, Dramara contracted Group B Streptococcus infection, which was claimed not diagnosed before Dramara was discharged from the hospital the next day. 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