Hospital Mistake – Liver Transplant Contaminated with Hepatitis C
A Confidential Settlement and New Hospital Policy’s Enacted
Danny A. was 55 years old when he underwent a liver transplant due to damage caused by hepatitis B, a viral infection of the liver. A top-notch liver transplant team replaced his liver with a piece of liver from a living donor, who was one of Danny’s relatives. Unfortunately, the transplant team made a terrible mistake: they also used a cadaver blood vessel during the liver transplant procedure that was itself contaminated with hepatitis C, another virus that destroys the liver. The hospital mistake was major and caused many issues for Danny. As a result, Danny had to endure more than a year of intense medication administrations, which resulted in several side effects, including hair loss, pain, and fatigue. And in the end, despite these efforts, the hepatitis C could not be wiped out and began to injure the new liver.
The Eisen Law Firm was able to secure a confidential settlement that not only provided financially for a future, second liver transplant, but also included commitments from various key medical providers to continue to care for Danny as his conditioned worsened. In addition, the hospital enacted new policies to prevent a similar mistake in the future and to increase patient safety.