Heparin Overdose | Dallas Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Heparin Overdose Kills Dallas Toddler

The following is a guest post by Dolan Law Offices:

On March 31, 2010 a Dallas family received the tragic news that their little girl, not yet two years old, was dead because of a Heparin overdose.  The child was recovering from surgery at the Nebraska Medical Center when she was given a deadly dose of the blood thinner Heparin.

The Dangers of Heparin Overdoses are Not New

The dangers of Heparin overdoses are not new.  Children have been harmed by being administered too much Heparin for at least the past three years.  In 2007, Dennis Quaid's newborn twins were given the wrong dose of Heparin and other incidents have been reported around the country.

Can Damages be Recovered for Heparin Overdoses?

Families, such as the family of the Dallas toddler, may be able to collect medical malpractice damages against hospitals, or specific medical providers, if the wrong dose of Heparin was negligently provided to a child and the child died or suffered serious physical harm because of the error.  The family will need to prove that the hospital, or medical provider, did not exercise a reasonable degree of care in administering the medicine and that the child died or suffered a physical injury as a result.

In the case of the Dallas toddler, the Nebraska Hospital has admitted that, "the hospital staff somehow gave the girl too much Heparin."  If hospital staff was negligent when it provided the young girl the wrong dose of Heparin, then the girl's parents may be entitled to recover damages in a medical malpractice action.

The Illinois medical malpractice attorneys of Dolan Law Offices are committed to helping the families of children harmed by Heparin overdoses or other types of medical negligence receive fair and equitable damages.