Orlando Medical Malpractice Lawyer Wins Gentamicin Poisoning Case
As Orlando medical malpractice lawyers we have developed a reputation for gentamicin poisoning cases. While the dangers of gentamicin have been well known these terrible cases of medical malpractice and medical neglect continue. While each malpractice claim is different, as gentamicin poisoning lawyers, we continue to find common elements in all of them.
After another long and hard fought battle we recently succeeded in obtaining a well deserved recovery for a decent, hard working client. For several years the health care providers involved sought to avoid responsibility for the medical harm and injury each caused. Yet, as we have done throughout our more than 20 years of dedicated medical malpractice work, we refused to lose focus on our client’s best interests. We pursued the wrongdoers to the point where justice prevailed.
Why do we continue to see excessive use of gentamicin? That question remains a mystery. What is even more stunning in our gentamicin poisoning cases is that the health care providers involved were well aware of the dangers of gentamicin. Each claimed to understand that even without excessive levels of gentamicin serious injury can happen. With normal blood levels of gentamicin damage to kidneys and the vestibular system (inner ear) can still occur. That fact appears to be missed by the health care providers involved in these cases. While each may admit to such awareness, their conduct belies such an understanding. In cases where the gentamicin damages the tiny hair cells in the inner ear, we find a failure to act on signs and symptoms of gentamicin poisioning such as balance difficulties, gait disturbances and dizziness. Either the doctors and nurses involved do not understand the dangers of this antibiotic or these doctors and nurses lack sufficient concern for their patients. Either way, such medical and nursing care is totally unacceptable.
