{"id":356,"date":"2010-08-26T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/08\/26\/university_of_chicago_hospital_1\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T16:41:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T21:41:16","slug":"university_of_chicago_hospital_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/university_of_chicago_hospital_1\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Chicago Hospital Settles Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Overcrowding Case &#8211; Hospital to Pay $7 Million in Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchospitals.edu\/\">The University of Chicago Medical Center<\/a> has agreed to pay $7 million to resolve a 2006 lawsuit filed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov\/\">Attorney General Lisa Madigan<\/a> alleging that the Chicago hospital violated Illinois licensing regulations that control the number of infants each unit can support.  According to the Illinois lawsuit, University of Chicago routinely practiced &#8220;double-bunking&#8221; infants in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchicagokidshospital.org\/specialties\/neonatology\/nicu.html\">neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)<\/a>,  i.e. placing two or more infants in beds designated for one infant only.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Attorney General&#8217;s office was made aware of this double-bunking practice by two former University of Chicago Medical Center employees who traced the practice all the way back to 1997.  Fortunately, as soon as the 2006 lawsuit was filed all doubling up of NICU patients ceased and has not resumed.<\/p>\n<p>These bedding violations were against Illinois health laws and according to the attorney general placed some of the newborn infants at an increased risk for infections.  However, a spokesperson from the University of Chicago Medical Center maintained that none of the NICU babies were at risk for any harm as a direct result of the over sized NICU and asserted that the hospital had only had its patients&#8217; best interests in mind.  The lawsuit itself did not include any claims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">Illinois medical malpractice<\/a> by the Chicago hospital&#8217;s NICU.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/university_of_chicago_hospital_1\/#more-356\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Chicago Medical Center has agreed to pay $7 million to resolve a 2006 lawsuit filed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleging that the Chicago hospital violated Illinois licensing regulations that control the number of infants each unit can support. 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