Georgia medical malpractice allegations
Public Georgia complaint examples involving Grady include allegations about trauma care, emergency discharge decisions, pressure-injury prevention, wound care, and hospital-system response.
The examples below summarize public complaint allegations involving Grady Memorial Hospital, Grady Health System, or Grady-linked care settings. They are included as allegation summaries only, not as findings that any provider acted negligently.
At a glance: 10 case summaries from public Georgia complaints. Care settings named most often: Grady Memorial Hospital (6); Crestview Health and Rehabilitation Center (2); Hughes Spalding Hospital (2).
Read the linked case summary for the fuller allegations-only discussion.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that providers at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown failed to prevent and properly treat a severe sacral pressure injury in a post-surgical patient.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Grady Memorial Hospital providers delayed emergency trauma care for a patient with abdominal evisceration after a motor-vehicle collision.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a skilled nursing facility did not prevent or treat a resident’s pressure wounds before her death.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a Georgia nursing home did not prevent a known fall risk before a resident’s femur fracture.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging inadequate monitoring after a brain-injured patient’s transfer to a general floor, before his fall and cardiac arrest.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that hospital staff did not consistently monitor or timely image a head-trauma patient. He fell in the trauma room and suffered permanent brain damage.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that psychiatric providers discharged a patient from inpatient care without stabilizing her mania and psychosis. An outpatient visit days later, and a Grady emergency department visit that evening, did not lead to her admission. She died hours later.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that Grady Memorial Hospital providers mismanaged a 2023 labor and delivery. It alleges they did not properly monitor fetal heart tones or timely respond to a nonreassuring tracing, causing permanent neurological injuries.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging a physician did not personally tell parents their child’s x-ray was normal or to remove his splint.
This page concerns a public complaint alleging that a Hughes Spalding physician did not perform an ordered urinalysis before a child’s death from diabetic ketoacidosis.
