{"id":419,"date":"2011-10-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/10\/11\/jury_awards_15_million_for_tra_1\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:09:42","slug":"jury_awards_15_million_for_tra_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_awards_15_million_for_tra_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Awards $1.5 million for Tragic Illinois Newborn Death &#8211; Diaz v. Central DuPage Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/\">DuPage County medical malpractice verdict<\/a> was returned in favor of the surviving family members of five day-old Isaac Diaz.  Baby Isaac died after physicians delayed in performing surgery that could have prevented his death from a bowel obstruction.  The $1.5 million verdict was entered in <em>Estate of Diaz v. Central DuPage Hospital, et al<\/em>, 06 L 448 (DuPage County).<\/p>\n<p>Just five days after his birth, Isaac Diaz began vomiting yellow bile and had blood streaked through his stool.  After the symptoms failed to resolve on their own, his mother took Isaac to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdh.org\/\">Central DuPage Hospital&#8217;s emergency room<\/a>.  Within twenty-five minutes of his arrival, Isaac was seen by the Dr. Panfil, an emergency room doctor.  Dr. Panfil took the preventive measures of placing Isaac on antibiotics and ordered an IV be placed.  Then, in an attempt to figure out the source of Isaac&#8217;s vomiting and blood-streaked stool, Dr. Panfil ordered a range of labs, x-rays, and consulted with Dr. Pearce-Falls, the hospital&#8217;s pediatrician.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Dr. Pearce-Falls consulted with Dr. Panfil, the x-rays results were already available.  Because the x-rays were negative, Dr. Pearce-Falls elected to order an upper GI series, which would show the infant&#8217;s stomach region in more detail, possibly highlighting a problem unseen on the x-rays.  Because of the severe nature of baby Isaac&#8217;s symptoms, the upper GI series was ordered STAT, meaning it was meant to be done urgently.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_awards_15_million_for_tra_1\/#more-419\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DuPage County medical malpractice verdict was returned in favor of the surviving family members of five day-old Isaac Diaz. Baby Isaac died after physicians delayed in performing surgery that could have prevented his death from a bowel obstruction. The $1.5 million verdict was entered in Estate of Diaz v. 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