Child-Parent Consent Case: Courtnie Williamson's Case

Impact on internal and external stakeholders When it comes to the impact of this negligent event, it is needless to say that the child, Courtnie Williamson, suffered the worse consequences of all, she will be affected physically, emotionally, and intellectually for the rest of her life; with therapy and willpower she might be able to recover to a certain extent, but there is no certainty on the success of any treatment. This negligent act limited the future of this child and the way that she might be productive and contribute to society; just as important are the enormous consequences for the parents. As much as the courts insist that the parent-child relationship does not have the same dependency as the child-parent bond, there is going
The patient had to be placed on a ventilator, in addition, the wrong type of gastric tube was placed into his stomach, which caused the patient to aspirate food. After replacing the tube with the correct one, nurses improperly used it and caused further aspiration compromising the patient’s health. The patient got transferred to a different hospital, where the gastric suction machine managing the gastric tube malfunctioned, leading to aspiration, worsening the pneumonia and compromising the patient’s medical
The patient was then transferred to a different hospital and this time was not provided the appropriate gastric suction machine, even after being promised as part of the treatment; this led to another incident of aspiration and the prolongation of the pneumonia. A different hospital received this patient and replaced the damaged gastric tub, but the staff did not know how to use it properly and was introducing food through the wrong port. Once again the patient was transferred to one of the prior hospitals without the right gastric suction machine; this time the patient's wife offered to provide the device herself, but the hospital refused, consequently inadequate suctions complicated the pneumonia and the patient developed sepsis. The same situation continued to occur in other hospitals as the staff cared for this patient, due to the inability to provide the appropriate gastric equipment, or the staff inappropriately using the gastric tube or damaging the tube. Patient condition only kept deteriorating until the wife finally decided to transfer the patient to Florida, but the hospital rejected the transfer claiming that the patient was not stable; the patient died two days