Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital

Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital

The case reveals the significance of instituting efficient credentialing as well as continuing medical assessment along with review program for all staff of the health care. Dorrence (plaintiff) right leg had broken while playing football in college at the age of 18 years old. In the Charleston Community Memorial Hospital, Dorrence was treated by Dr. John R. Alexander through the application of traction and placing the leg in a plaster cast. Dorrence began experiencing pain in his toes, which became swollen and discolored and later cold and insensitive. Expresses ...