Brainstem stroke allegedly missed at Hamilton Medical Center
This complaint states as follows: The patient, age 26, went to the ER at Hamilton Medical Center. The patient had signs and symptoms of a stroke. Although two radiology studies and her clinical presentation indicated that the patient was having a catastrophic stroke, Defendants repeatedly misread the studies as normal, failed to diagnose the stroke, failed to treat her deficits as a neurological emergency, and failed to treat the stroke with a thrombectomy or otherwise, causing her death.
Overview
This page concerns a fatal stroke case at Hamilton Medical Center in which two radiology studies and the patient’s clinical presentation allegedly showed a catastrophic stroke, yet the studies were repeatedly read as normal and the stroke was not treated as a neurological emergency.
Chronology
The complaint alleges as follows:
- The patient, age 26, went to the ER at Hamilton Medical Center with signs and symptoms of a stroke.
- Two radiology studies and her clinical presentation allegedly indicated that she was having a catastrophic stroke.
- The studies were repeatedly misread as normal, and the stroke was not diagnosed or treated as a neurological emergency.
- The patient was not treated with a thrombectomy or otherwise, and she died.
Alleged failures
The complaint alleges the following failures:
- Defendants allegedly repeatedly misread two radiology studies that indicated a catastrophic stroke.
- Defendants allegedly failed to diagnose the stroke despite the imaging and clinical presentation.
- Defendants allegedly failed to treat the stroke with thrombectomy or any other timely stroke intervention.