{"id":3543,"date":"2017-06-14T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3543"},"modified":"2017-06-13T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:07:18","slug":"24-9-million-jury-verdict-entered-hospital-doctors-failed-timely-diagnose-treat-blood-clot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/24-9-million-jury-verdict-entered-hospital-doctors-failed-timely-diagnose-treat-blood-clot\/","title":{"rendered":"$24.9 Million Jury Verdict Entered After Hospital and Doctors Failed to Timely Diagnose and Treat Blood Clot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Schneider, 18, went to Griffin Hospital<\/a> to be treated for a severe asthma attack. In the process of evaluating her condition, emergency physicians Dr. Gregory Boris and Dr. Alyssa French learned of her left leg pain and numbness. The doctors ordered an ultrasound to rule out a blood clot. When the ultrasound revealed an abnormality in the popliteal artery<\/a>, the doctors consulted the on-call vascular surgeon, Dr. Marsel Huribal. <\/p>\n

Dr. Huribal instructed the emergency room physicians to order a CT scan, which was read offsite by a radiologist, Dr. Jennifer Bryant. Although the full text of Dr. Bryant\u2019s report was never transmitted to the hospital, Dr. French learned and later informed Dr. Huribal that there was a portion of the artery in Schneider’s leg that appeared to be blocked. Nevertheless, Dr. Huribal concluded that she did not have a blood clot. <\/p>\n

The next day, radiologist Dr. Gregory Bell reviewed the CT scan and contacted Dr. Huribal who reiterated that he did not believe that Schneider had a blood clot. Over the following weekend, her condition deteriorated rapidly. At an appointment several days later, her foot was found to lack pulses, and she was rushed to the hospital. Despite multiple procedures to restore circulation in the leg, it was concluded that her leg had to be amputated.
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