LAKE CHARLES - An Indiana family sued the United States in Lake Charles federal court after their newborn son was burned at the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, according to documents filed Feb. 25.
Parents and plaintiffs Qiang Huang and Fei Yu brought their healthy son, BH, into the world on Jan. 2, 2018. Due to an infection that Yu was carrying at the time of delivery, BH was taken by nursing staff to receive intravenous antibiotics, the suit says.
BH was in Bayne-Jones staff custody for over an hour, and when he was returned the plaintiffs were informed that the nursing staff struggled to find a vein to insert an IV, the suit says.
BH was returned with large blisters and areas where skin was peeling on his upper left arm, the suit alleges. The parents say the hospital was negligent in informing them of the burn's occurrence or how to care for the injury after discharge.
BH eventually had to be treated for an infection in the burn and the scarring was so severe that he was seen by a plastic surgeon at age three, the suit says.
The parents are suing for negligence and are seeking loss of enjoyment of life damages, mental and emotional damages, medical expenses, permanent scarring and disfigurement damages and other appropriate damages.
The plaintiffs are represented by David Hanchey of the Townsley Law Firm of Lake Charles.