Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, 20, was spending a semester in an exchange programme at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. PHOTO: SUPPORT FOR SHAHZAIB BAJWA FACEBOOK PAGE
The lawsuit, filed on Shahzaib's behalf, seeks damages in excess of $75,000.
The suit claims that he suffered permanent brain damage and brain injury as a direct and proximate result of Dr Peter Olsen's negligence.
“Dr Olsen’s failure to timely establish and ensure an adequate airway was a direct contributing cause of permanent anoxic brain injury and damage,” the lawsuit says.
The hospital administration refused to comment on the request, Express News reported on Saturday.
The accident
Shahzaib, 20, has been in a coma since November when a deer struck a car carrying him and friends from the city of Minneapolis back to the University of Wisconsin-Superior where he was spending a semester abroad.
The deer’s antlers pierced his face and broke his nose, although he was still able to speak. But once at the hospital, he choked on his own blood and suffered a heart attack.
What was meant to be an academic semester abroad through a State Department-backed exchange programme has turned into a complex journey through US insurance, medical and visa regulations for the family from Faisalabad.
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@SHB: I am sorry to tell u doctor sahib that you are wrong, I have also worked in their ER systems for decades, Peter did something which could have been avoided
@Critic: What has this to do with the whole nation? Neither is the family representing Pakistan, nor is Pakistan representing that family. Before you go on criticizing, put yourself in their shoes and think through the agony.
First go collect facts, then make statements accusing a whole nation of Pakistan.
@Critic:
How do you know doctor was not incompetent? He might have been at fault. Had it been your brother your view might be very different. Our failure is not to question but not care for our own. As long as we have people like you, we are going to be further dragged down into the pit.
@Ch. Allah Daad: Thanks for your input. I am physician and working in USA for the last 35 yrs. This action by the family is wrong, to say the least. This family should be ashamed of their action. By the way, did they pay any of the medical bill so far? If they did , then how much?
Stay classy guys! keep up the displays of humility and enjoy the free lunches
@Uncle Bob: the family is suing another hospital where the patient was taken first for emergency treatment.
The family is not suing the hospital which has forgone the payments. They are suing the another where the patient was taken first for emergency treatment.
Great move. I pray they win this case.
Are you kidding me? No wonder we're failing as a nation - no matter how much someone does for us, we're only going to try screwing them over in the end