Renee Dayo, 47, of Franklin Township is suing the doctors and hospital who have been treating her for kidney cancer since 2007.

In January, Dayo was told she only had five months to live and is struggling to hold on.  Dayo believes that her doctors mistreated her and in doing so led her to be in the condition she is today.

Dayo found out she had a cancerous mass in her right kidney in 2007 after being treated for blood in her urine.  After a biopsy was ordered, doctors mistakenly took a biopsy and CT scan of her healthy left kidney.    It then took over 20 months for doctors to realize the mistake and propery diagnose the transitional cell carcinoma in her right kidney.

Dayo’s attorney stated, “The delay in diagnosis deprived her of what would have been a substantial opportunity to beat the cancer”.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical malpractice or negligence contact the Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to learn more about your rights.

A Louisiana jury has found that a now-deceased pediatrician was negligent in prescribing an antibiotic that caused a young girl to lose 65 percent of her skin and undergo a grafting operation.

According to East Baton Rouge Parish Circuit Court documents, a jury returned a $2.1 million verdict late friday against the state of Dr. Louis O. Jeansonne III and an insurance company. Attorney Donald Price, who represents the injured girl, 19 year-old Breanna Ellis, and her mother, Debra McKee, said he asked the jury for $1.1 million. He was shocked by the additional award, saying “it’s not something that had ever happened to me before… We were gratified.”

Attorneys for Jeansonne and Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co., a physician-run medical malpractice firm, had argued that the doctor was not negligent.

The lawsuit was filed in 2006 and alleged that when Ellis met with Jeansonne in 2003 for treatment of a sinus infection, when Ellis was 13, the pediatrician said he would prescribe Ominicef, a type of penicillin used for the treatment of sinus infections in pediatric patients. The suit claimed that Jeansonne actually prescribed Septra DS, a sulfa antibiotic not approved for the treatment of sinus infections in pediatric patients.

The jury awarded $2 million to Ellis for her pain and suffering; $100,000 to McKee for loss of consortium; and $16,000 in medical expenses.

It is important to speak with an attorney if you believe you have been the victim of medical negligence or Philadelphia medical malpractice.