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Washington Wrongful Death Lawyer: Infant Released From Tacoma Hospital Dies 3 Hours Later
The spotlight has been switched on and is shining bright on all local hospital pediatric wards after the reports of suspected medication errors one week apart from each other that allegedly killed two infants at Children’s Hospital. This has put the media on alert, swirling and searching for related stories that can retain the short attention span of the public.
When it comes to infant death due to medical malpractice, we hoped that the subject would drop quickly, but unfortunately another infant has died due to alleged failure to run the proper tests and failure to diagnose, this time by another pediatric hospital in Tacoma.
According to the Tacoma News Tribune, Federal Way police have opened an investigation into the death of an 8-month-old girl on Wednesday evening.
Apparently it all began when the parents called 911 in the morning on Wednesday because they thought the baby may have found and swallowed prescription pills. Paramedics rushed to the home and took the baby to Mary Bridge children’s hospital for examination and possible treatment.
The staff at the hospital examined the baby. It is currently unknown what tests or procedures they performed, but the hospital released her after only two hours of examination. The father says they were told the baby would be fine. They took their child home and put the baby to bed. Three hours later she was dead.
A spokesperson for the Mary Bridge children’s hospital says that they can’t release patient information but the institution will cooperate with police.
Investigators say that they are waiting for results of toxicology tests and will proceed accordingly from there.
Our condolences go out to the family of the deceased child.
When a family loses a child, it can have a profound and lasting effect on the lives of the parents and family members. The helplessness and frustration they feel must be unbearable. There is always a grieving period, but then there is also a time when the victims seek answers and that is when they need the help of a skilled attorney represent their interests.
If you or someone you know have found that your love one has been seriously injured or killed because of a medical error it is still your right to seek adequate compensation their medical injury or wrongful death to assure that another patient will not have to go through what you are. Call the Medical Malpractice Lawyers at Phillips Webster for a free consultation.
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