{"id":1741,"date":"2014-08-28T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:10:28","slug":"undiagnosed-bowel-obstruction-leads-death-2-4-million-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/undiagnosed-bowel-obstruction-leads-death-2-4-million-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Undiagnosed Bowel Obstruction Leads to Death and $2.4 Million Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 10, 2007, Ramona Sue Yates was a patient in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She complained of severe back and abdominal pain. The defendant, emergency room physician, Dr. Daniel Doolittle, who was employed by the defendant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-physician.info\/NPI-1598796427-IL\">Legatus Emergency Services<\/a>, chose not to correctly diagnose or even suspect that Yates was suffering from a bowel obstruction and internal hernia.<\/p>\n<p>Two years earlier, Yates, 47, had undergone gastric bypass surgery. Bowel obstruction is a known complication for patients following the weight-loss surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Doolittle reportedly misdiagnosed Yates as having back spasms and had her admitted to the hospital for observation. Unfortunately, Yates died from the bowel obstruction the next day, March 11, 2007. She is survived by her husband and an adult son. She was employed as a nurse at a mental health facility.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/undiagnosed-bowel-obstruction-leads-death-2-4-million-jury-verdict\/#more-1741\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 10, 2007, Ramona Sue Yates was a patient in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She complained of severe back and abdominal pain. 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