It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs, MALYIA JEFFERS by her Guardian Ad Litem, THERESE ADAMS, CLPF, RYAN JEFFERS AND LEAH YANG, allege against CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST dba METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO, CYNTHIA R. MYAS, CHRISTOPHER SCHAAL, JEFF FITE, SURJIT NIJJAR, GREGORY R. ROSELLINI, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, INC., and DOES 1 through 100, as follows:
As described above, RYAN JEFFERS and LEAH YANG were present at the hospital, in the rooms with MALYIA JEFFERS and personally and contemporaneously observed and understood the injury producing events. On the morning of November 29, 2010, they noticed their daughter had a fever and a cough. They noticed that a dark skin discoloration (purpura) began to develop that was easily visible to them. They took her to METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO for help. After they arrived the staff told them to wait. RYAN JEFFERS and LEAH YANG repeatedly asked defendants to see and treat their child.
Defendants continued to make them wait. Defendants promised her parents the doctor would see MALYIA soon but didn’t keep this promise. RYAN JEFFERS and LEAH YANG saw their daughter get weaker and sicker hour after hour as defendants chose to delay treatment. They saw the bruising on her body increase affecting her legs, arms and face. The parents became more and more distressed as defendants delayed treatment. They saw MALYIA grew sicker and weaker until she could no longer stand. She was crying for help because she was so sick. They grew desperate holding MALYIA as the waiting minutes turned into hours. The parents begged the hospital staff to treat their daughter.
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They tried to comfort MALYIA as she worsened. They saw that defendants’ delay in treatment and refusal to treat was clearly injuring MALYIA and that MALYIA’s condition was deteriorating. The discoloration of her skin continued to spread over her small body. She was hot, lethargic and unable to walk. They recognized and believed that her condition was getting worse and was life threatening. They were afraid she would die in the waiting room. The parents, crying because they saw the continuing and life threatening deterioration of MALYIA caused by defendants’ delay and refusal to treat, finally forced their way into the medical department. Medical care came too late. MALYIA eventually had both her feet, her left hand and the fingers of her right hand amputated and suffered other severe internal damage due to defendants’ delay and refusal to treat.
As a direct result of what they saw and heard, RYAN JEFFERS and LEAH YANG suffered severe shock and emotional distress.
WHEREFORE, plaintiffs pray for judgment against defendants, and each of them as hereinafter set forth:
1. For allowable general damages in a just and reasonable amount;
2. For allowable special damages, according to proof;
3. For costs of suit and interest as provided by law; and
4. For such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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