Bone Marrow Transplant Malpractice Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit by Family of Donor

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According to allegations raised in a medical malpractice lawsuit recently filed against a New Jersey hospital, negligence during a bone marrow transplant procedure resulted in the death of a 44 year old man, who was a donor matched to a French teenager.

The wrongful death lawsuit was filed by Sheronda Braker, the fiancée of Westfield High School Principal Derrick Nelson, who died in April, following a procedure at Hackensack University Medical Center.

According to a NBC News report, Nelson was donating bone marrow in February 2019, after he was matched to the teenager through the Be The Match bone marrow registry network.

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The lawsuit alleges that hospital staff failed to adequately monitor Nelson’s oxygen levels and treat them when they dropped too low. As a result, he went into a coma and died several weeks later.

In addition to being a principal, Nelson was an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and had been a member of the reserve for 20 years. He also had a five-year-old daughter with Braker, and the couple planned to get married on June 29.

The lawsuit claims Nelson suffered from a number of health issues, which complicated bone marrow donations, including that sleep apnea, which meant he could not undergo general anesthesia. Despite that, he was placed under a local anesthetic during the procedure, but the lawsuit claims hospital staff kept giving Nelson anesthesia when his oxygen levels dropped, and failed to give him additional oxygen.

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1 Comments

  1. Phillip

    It is my understanding, from my Anesthesiologist friends, that while a history of sleep apnea is a risk factor (as with other co-morbidities) that should be cosidered pre-op, it ia not a contraindication to general anesthesia.
    PGB

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