A patient survival guide, from a mother who learned too late
March 9, 2012
March 8, 2012 – the CT Mirror – By Arielle Levin Becker A picture of a smiling boy filled the screen behind Helen Haskell. This is my son Lewis, who died basically from what’s called failure to rescue in the hospital,” she told the audience at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Wednesday. Eleven years ago, Lewis Blackman, then 15, went to a South Carolina hospital for elective surgery to correct a congenital heart condition. A medication he was given caused a perforated ulcer and internal bleeding. But the medical staff didn’t recognize it. Read more
March 8, 2012 – the CT Mirror – By Arielle Levin Becker A picture of a smiling boy filled the screen behind Helen Haskell. This is my son Lewis, who died basically from what’s called failure to rescue in the hospital,” she told the audience at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Wednesday. Eleven years ago, Lewis Blackman, then 15, went to a South Carolina hospital for elective surgery to correct a congenital heart condition. A medication he was given caused a perforated ulcer and internal bleeding. But the medical staff didn’t recognize it. Read more