{"id":433,"date":"2011-08-04T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/08\/04\/25_million_settlement_for_pati\/"},"modified":"2013-05-08T12:39:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:39:24","slug":"25_million_settlement_for_pati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/25_million_settlement_for_pati\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.5 Million Settlement for Patient&#8217;s Death Following Perforated Intestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Loyola University Medical Center patient suffered brain damage after undergoing two separate surgeries during the same hospital admission.  The second surgery was required to fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342715.html\">surgical errors<\/a> made during her initial surgery.  The woman&#8217;s surviving family sued the Chicago hospital for its surgical negligence and received a $2.5 million settlement.<\/p>\n<p>The forty-five year-old decedent presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyolamedicine.org\/\">Loyola University Medical Center<\/a> to undergo a laparoscopic procedure to remove dense adhesions in her pelvic region.  Everything appeared to go well during the surgery and the decedent was taken to the post-op care area and then transferred to the floor for additional post-operative care and monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>However, she continued to complain of severe abdominal pain, above and beyond what one would expect following this type of surgery.  Her pain continued despite the high levels of post-operative pain medications she was given.  In addition, the decedent developed shortness of breath and began to have an increased heart rate.  Together, these various symptoms indicated that perhaps something was wrong.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/25_million_settlement_for_pati\/#more-433\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Loyola University Medical Center patient suffered brain damage after undergoing two separate surgeries during the same hospital admission. The second surgery was required to fix surgical errors made during her initial surgery. The woman&#8217;s surviving family sued the Chicago hospital for its surgical negligence and received a $2.5 million settlement. 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