Lawsuit filed over gangrenous penis
Okay - I think I'd be filing a lawsuit too. Actually, I think I'd have been raising all sorts of hell prior to filing this lawsuit. I don't have much information on this other than the Complaint, which doesn't have a lot of details (probably because its not required), but I cannot imagine how this happened. The injuries cited are "including but not limited to cellulitis in his scrotum and penis and gangrene in his penis which required the removal of his left testicle." This complaint is against an Eldercare facility in Illinois. My first question (and this is an unusual stance for me) is how on earth did this gentleman not complain long before he had gangrene? And if he did complain, how on earth did no one do anything about it? And of course, what could have been done? What causes something like this?
Honestly, I think answers to those questions are far more than I truly want to know, but those are my first thoughts.
Bottom line is, this gentleman was in a nursing facility, presumably because he needed nursing care - presumably because he needed assistance with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing and using the bathroom. What on earth were the employees doing (or not doing) that they could miss something like gangrene . . .
It boggles the mind.
