In Mesa, Arizona, the Banner Baywood Medical Center is seeking to become the first nationally certified stroke center in East Valley, Arizona. The center, which focuses on a combination of therapies to help people recover from the catastrophic brain injury suffered as a result of strokes, which are defined oxygen deprivation to the brain, often caused by blood clots or other circulatory irregularities.
Strokes are the country’s third leading killer, and the number one cause of disability in the United States. However, most people, including those in the medical community, have difficulty recognizing the symptoms and knowing how to respond to a stroke, leading to a high probability of medical malpractice among uncertified doctors.
The new center will serve a previously unserviced area, since the closest stroke center is at Scottsdale Health Care Osborn. The Scottsdale clinic is good, but only the Mayo Clinic Hospital and St. Joseph’s Medical Center have the certification sought by the Banner Baywood Medical Center.
The most common form of stroke, ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot in the brain. The risk of this stroke was increased in users of the dangerous drug Vioxx, but already caused over 2100 deaths annually in Arizona. In response to this high mortality rate, central Arizona hospitals came together to form the Phoenix Stroke Initiative in 2000, but the East Valley had no similarly-equipped medical centers.
If you or a loved one has suffered from a stroke, and misdiagnosis or Emergency Room errors led the brain injury to be far more catastrophic than it should have been, contact the Phoenix area medical malpractice attorneys at Snyder & Wenner, P.C, to get redress for their injuries.
