SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - the family of a California toddler whose foot, the left hand and part of his right hand was amputated due to delay of the long emergency room has agreed to a settlement of $ 10 million malpractice.
Malyia Jeffers was 2 years old when her parents took her to the Methodist Hospital of Sacramento in November last with fever, skin colour, and weakness. According to court documents, the family said to wait.
"While in the waiting room, Malyia grows more ill and weak," according to the complaint filed in superior court in Sacramento, February 14. "The parents of several times asked Malyia and pray (workers of the hospital) treat their daughter.".Rather, the hospital said to continue waiting and it was five hours before Malyia was first seen by a physician, said the document.
"Ryan Jeffers and Leah Yang saw their daughter get weaker and sicker as (workers of the hospital) hours chose to delay the treatment," said the complaint. "They have seen the bruises on his body increase, affecting her legs, the arms and face." "They were afraid that she would die in the waiting room".Malyia was stolen from the Lucile Packard Children's Stanford University Hospital. Doctors concluded that the Streptococcus bacteria has invaded his blood and organs, and they performed amputations.
Court documents show that most of the money will be placed in a trust for the current needs of the Malyia and an annuity which will provide him $16 932 per month, when she turns 18. The monthly payment develops over time, so the time that malyia is 30, the monthly payment is almost double.The settlement with the Hospital of Sacramento and its parent company, Catholic Healthcare West, ranks among the most important in the history of California, under the medical malpractice attorneys.
The family has signed a non-disclosure agreement and could not discuss the case, their attorney Moseley Collins said Friday."What we can say, is that Malyia has a new set of artificial legs and she is walking on those", said Collins. "We are pleased that we managed to resolve the case."
Malyia spent more than three months at Stanford, before being admitted to another hospital in Sacramento. It is still being processed and will need expensive medicines and custom prostheses, special clothing and wheelchairs for the rest of his life.Associated Press
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