Q: Question regarding medical malpractice.
Q: I actually have two questions. My father passed away in Sept 2016, until now the subject was too sensitive to speak of.
Recently I've began to think about a couple of things. When my father was in the hospital a couple weeks before he passed away the hospital lost his hearing aids, so the last weeks of his life he could not communicate with my or any of the family. The hospital never did anything to correct this issue. I feel that I missed out on a lot due to my father not being able to hear me. Is there anything I could to for compensation for this matter? Question 2, I discovered that my father was prescribed and had been taking Ambien CR 12.5 at the age of 83-88, he had renal failure and leukemia. The doctor that was prescribing this medication recently retired. Reading the warnings for Ambien, I saw that it should not be taken by anyone over age 60, and no one with renal problems. Do I have any possible chance for compensation for this?
A:
Unlikely you do but the estate may. As to the hearing aid issue, I don't see legal liability (which is different from moral responsibility). If the family didn't see it should the hospital? If the family saw it they could have replaced it?
Why not contact a member of the W.Va. Trial Lawyers Assn that hanldes medical cases--they give free cosults.
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