Death due to hospital neglect

Please help me determine what legal specialty I need to handle my problem. My husband was hospitalized in Amarillo to receive heart stents. During the procedure, the artery plaque became dislodged, resulting in a major heart attack. He was resusitated and underwent an emergency bypass surgery, but (unknown to us) his heart was badly damaged. He lanquished in the hospital for several weeks, and was then dismissed to home without our being told the poor condition of his heart.

He experienced problems the following evening and had to be rushed back to the hospital, where he lanquished for 3 more weeks. Finally, the doctors told us the severity of the heart's condition and suggested heart transplant. They arranged for his admission to the transplant program at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas. We went there and he received a transplant a short time later. He was doing great a week later. But before he could progress to the point of leaving the hospital, he contracted a c-diff infection that is common in hospitals and very deadly if not promptly diagnosed and treated aggressively. And in my husband's case, he had several known risk factors (including a suppressed immune system due to the drugs he was given regularly to prevent organ rejection). His early signs of infection should have alerted the hospital staff to assess his symptoms and closely monitor his condition to identify the cause. However, they did little for him, and by the time they realized what was happening several days later, the infection had caused colitis, sepsis, and megacolon. He did not survive.

It is this neglect of my husband when he was most vulnerable that forces me to seek legal action. But I feel the doctors in Amarillo are also to blame for causing the initial problem, sending him home as though all was well, and allowing him to lanquish in the hospital so long as to decondition him (which likely played a part in his inability to fight the infection).

I don't know if I need an attorney specializing in medical malpractice, wrongful death, or another field. Please help me identiy the type of attorney I need.

I'm also concerned that the poor medical care occured in two separate Texas cities. Can this all be handled with one suit? - Is this your question? Add additional information