Family of Shahzaib Bajwa sues US hospital, doctor: Media
Reason for request is lack of proper treatment, lawsuit claims $75,000.
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
WASHINGTON:
The family of comatose student Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa sued Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital and the doctor who treated him in the emergency room, Washington Times reported.
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.
The family of comatose student Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa sued Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital and the doctor who treated him in the emergency room, Washington Times reported.
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.