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Calgary Health Region staff provided a young leukemia patient with the wrong blood type during nearly two months of transfusions, a wrongful death lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the survivors of nine-year-old Seemeen Dhanani, says the treatment error caused or contributed to the young girl’s death two years ago.

The claim, a copy of which was obtained yesterday by the Sun, said Seemeen was given a series of transfusions following an Aug. 23, 2006, stem-cell transplant.

The procedure at Alberta Children’s Hospital used a blood type A+ graft, while Seemeen’s blood type was B+, the claim, filed Wednesday by lawyers Gavin Price and Craig Gillespie, says.

“The differing blood type of the graft, compared to Seemeen’s blood type … was an expected part of the stem-cell transplant procedure and ought to have been manageable,” the lawsuit states…

Read the full article from the Calgary Sun here
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/10/17/7116421-sun.html

The family represented by Cuming & Gillespie, Alberta Injury Lawyers, for a claim arising from a motor vehicle collision in December of 2004, recently resolved their claim with a confidential out of court settlement.

The family had been proceeding on a rural highway in Alberta when their minivan was struck by a one ton truck operated by an impaired individual, whose passengers were actually drinking at the time of the collision. James Cuming of Cuming & Gillespie, Alberta Injury Lawyers, represented the injured survivors and the Estate for the deceased Plaintiff in the case. The claims were resolved through mediation to the satisfaction of the family of the deceased and the injured passengers less than three years after the collision occurred.

If you or someone you know has suffered a significant orthopedic injury, fatality or brain injury, please do not hesitate to contact Cuming & Gillespie, Alberta Injury Lawyers, to act on your behalf.