An action was brought against a community hospital because an unconscious patient sustained burns during a...
An action was brought against a community hospital because an unconscious patient sustained burns during a bath. The nursing assistant who gave the bath is an employee at the hospital. Is the hospital at fault? If so, how and what element does it fall under?
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Burns due to a nurse in hospital is a medical malpractice or negligence.Here the nurse can be sued against her action but at last the hospital has to pay for the medical expenses incurred for the patient. Burns needs care even after discharge from the hospital .
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