{"id":367,"date":"2011-02-16T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/02\/16\/illinois_hospital_admits_liabi_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T23:18:50","slug":"illinois_hospital_admits_liabi_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_hospital_admits_liabi_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Hospital Admits Liability for Post-Operative Patient Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">Cook County medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a> received a jury verdict of $1.1 million against the defendant hospital.  The case revolved around the medical negligence of a Cook County hospital, which led to need for several additional surgeries for the 60-some year-old plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, the plaintiff was a patient at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nch.org\/index.php\">Northwest Community Hospital<\/a>, where she had recently undergone a knee replacement surgery.   In her second day of recovery following her surgery, the plaintiff fell while using the bedside commode in her hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that the plaintiff had just had a knee replacement surgery, she was at risk for falls and should have had a plan of care in place that would prevent such falls from occurring.  Upon investigation, it seemed that the plaintiff did in fact have such a plan of care in place &#8211; her physician had written an order stating that the plaintiff needed her knee immobilizer on and required two people to assist her when using the bedside commode.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_hospital_admits_liabi_1\/#more-367\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cook County medical malpractice lawsuit received a jury verdict of $1.1 million against the defendant hospital. The case revolved around the medical negligence of a Cook County hospital, which led to need for several additional surgeries for the 60-some year-old plaintiff. 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