New York Hospital Faces More Than 100 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

A Brooklyn hospital faces a staggering number of medical malpractice lawsuits, allegedly causing serious and fatal injuries from negligent medical treatment involving untreated bedsores, birth injuries, and medication mistakes, among others.

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center faces at least 100 lawsuits, according to court records and a recent report by New York Daily News, suggesting that the cash-strapped facility suffers from chronic problems with the quality of medical treatment provided.

The 360-bed facility is one of five Brooklyn hospitals that the state is considering for merger. It operated at a $42 million loss in 2010, and its former CEO, David Rosen, was convicted last year of attempting to bribe lawmakers.

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There are at least three wrongful death lawsuits against the hospital, including two by the families of patients who died from hospital infections because they developed bedsores that went untended. Another wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a mugging victim who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Other complaints against the hospital include charges that it gave a penicillin shot to a patient wearing a bracelet identifying her as allergic to penicillin, and failing to treat a diabetic’s puncture wound, resulting in the need for amputation of the patient’s toes.

Of the five hospitals under consideration for the merger, Brookdale is the third largest, but the one with the most lawsuits. Maimonides Medical Center, which has about 700 beds, faces about 80 lawsuits; New York Methodist Hospital, with about 600 beds, faces about 55 claims.

State officials said that the hospital appears to suffer from chronic negligence, and they expect that the claims will cost the facility millions.

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  • Tricia BaptisteSeptember 14, 2020 at 5:07 pm

    Maimonides Hospital is neglectful and their negligence contributed to my mother's death. Admitted for fever, cough.In the ER , they did ct scan , it revealed she had a stroke in both sides of the brain. CBC indicated WBC's of 14,. He was not started on antibiotics 4 days after she was admitted, Heparin drips also started days after. She went into sepsis, organ failure and died.The birth certifi[Show More]Maimonides Hospital is neglectful and their negligence contributed to my mother's death. Admitted for fever, cough.In the ER , they did ct scan , it revealed she had a stroke in both sides of the brain. CBC indicated WBC's of 14,. He was not started on antibiotics 4 days after she was admitted, Heparin drips also started days after. She went into sepsis, organ failure and died.The birth certificate has natural death, cause of death is Sepsis, CVA, and Endocartitis.

  • TerriFebruary 26, 2020 at 7:46 pm

    Maimonides medical Center is neglectful an there neglect contributed to my son D'John passing on December 9, 2 2019. I don't dispute the fact that my son was sick. He had lupus an was going for surgery for valve replacements at 7am the morning he passed. There is no reason for someone whose in the cardiac ICU unit should end up on the floor twice. Especially since the on heart monitoring machines[Show More]Maimonides medical Center is neglectful an there neglect contributed to my son D'John passing on December 9, 2 2019. I don't dispute the fact that my son was sick. He had lupus an was going for surgery for valve replacements at 7am the morning he passed. There is no reason for someone whose in the cardiac ICU unit should end up on the floor twice. Especially since the on heart monitoring machines an right by the nurse station in cardiac ICU. December 6 & December 9 he was found on the floor. How can they state he passed & sign his death certificate at 6:24am. When the autopsy report proves he died at 12:35am. How can that be? That's is a 6:11 minutes time difference . I had one requested because nothing they told me sounded right. From the moment I recieved that first call. An when I arrived to the hospital an held my son. How come there are notes no for the nurse logs from 1pm until 5:10 on December 9, 2019. Yet, he suppose to be monitored constantly. Every hour on the hour there are notes of what was done. All through his records expect those 4 hours. No heart, no blood pressure nothing?. Lab results from that date done. So what exactly happened to my son during those 4 hours? That the staff was suppose to be monitoring & caring for him? Nothing for over 4 hours. In the cardiac ICU unit. How can the state they found him on the floor at 5:15am on Decenber 9, 2019. But a nurse was in his room at 5:10? An all through his records there notes of what was done except those hours. Nowhere in his records. How can tell call me at 6:01 an tell me they where doing recessitation on him for over 45-50 minutes. (109 minutes according to there records.) Yet he was incubated an taken to CCU. An then he found phone pulseless on the bed shortly after this. Tell he how is it that hospitals get away with the neglect they do? An not held accountable for it. It doesnt matter what my sons medical condition was. But, the care, medical treatment an supervision he should have recieved. That they failed to provide.

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