What to do if my husband passed away at a major medical facility in another state over a year ago after being in the hospital for complications from a stem cell transplant?

What to do if my husband passed away at a major medical facility in another state over a year ago after being in the hospital for complications from a stem cell transplant?

Over the weekend he developed an infection in the leg and although he had no immune system, the nurses had a wait and see attitude on it preferring to mark it and watch for further complications since they were short staffed on the weekend and normal staffing wasn’t available for testing. By the time the doctors seen him on Monday he was in distress, they biopsied it, had to send in a trauma team, send him to ICU and he passed a few hours later. I feel if this had occurred during the week he would still be here. He died from sepsis. Should I pursue this?

Asked on January 27, 2013 under Malpractice Law, Michigan

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