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: Illinois Medical Malpractice BlogMedical Devices May Have Caused Infection
By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti
A woman learned from her hospital that medical devices used during her surgery may have caused severe infection in her brain. The severe and fatal infection is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This disease causes dementia, memory loss, deteriorating eyesight, impaired thinking or judgment, and motor function loss in patients. The woman is under traumatic stress and has hired a medical malpractice lawyer to represent her best interests in this hospital negligence case.
Read more about the medical device infection here.
Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).
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