Hospital Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 5:30pm PDT
A hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania is facing a medical malpractice lawsuit for a wrongful death that occurred as the result of the hospital mislabeling itself a trauma center. This incident led to the death of a motorcycle crash victim who was brought to the hospital, but died due to blood loss while waiting for a helicopter to transport him to another hospital. The Erie hospital ran out of blood while he waited to be treated. The staff at the hospital was not qualified to treat the man’s pelvic injuries.
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