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Can I sue, or maybe who should I sue, for the loss of my child.
Asked on Aug 10th, 2014 on Medical Malpractice - Florida
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Last year I gave birth to a baby boy at 25 weeks. He lived for 4 days and died from hemorrhaging in his brain and from being born so early. I went to the hospital 2 weeks before actually going into labor telling them that I was losing a lot of blood and I was really concerned because of the pain in my lower stomach. They did nothing to try and stop the bleeding and sent me on my way. No bedrest order, no medicine to stop the labor. I was told by the nurse that it was because my baby wasnt far enough along for them to help me (I was 22-23 weeks along) and that I should come back in 3 weeks. I truly feel if they had done something to help me then, my son would be alive today. I would have checked into this sooner but it's a very difficult topic for me and I've only recently been able to talk about it.
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I truly understand the difficulty for you in addressing this. As there are very short (2 year) statutes of limitation in such cases, however, its critical to movepast the emotion and deal with the legal issues directly. As such, it will ebe critical that you obtain a written opinion from a physician indicating that some malpractice occurred. As an alternative, you at least need to gather up ALL of the medical records for your preganacy up through the passing ofthe child to allow a lawyer or medical expert you retain to evaluate the objective medical documentation.
Answered on Aug 11th, 2014 at 8:07 AM
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