Bangor hospital failed to test pregnant woman for infection that sickened her twins, lawsuit says

Bangor hospital failed to test pregnant woman for infection that sickened her twins, lawsuit says

A Bangor hospital’s failure to test and treat a pregnant woman for syphilis left her twins with developmental delays, according to a new lawsuit. Alanna Love of Alton gave birth to twins on Aug. 30, 2022, at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. The children were diagnosed with congenital neurosyphilis about nine months later and treated at the same hospital, a lawsuit filed Thursday in Penobscot County Superior Court said. Three and a ha…