This young Latino was left in a vegetative state after a "simple" surgery. A jury awarded his family $21 million.

A Texas jury awarded $21 million to the family of a young Latino man left in a vegetative state after a "simple" leg operation.

The family of Carlos David Castro Rojas, who was 27 years old at the time of the surgery and is now 32, will receive the millionaire sum as compensation, after a Dallas jury determined that a

left the young man in a state of vegetative for the rest of his life, reported the local Fox News television station in that city.

Rojas, who had emigrated from Venezuela, broke his leg in 2017 after falling from a ladder while he was working hanging lights on a Christmas tree.

He was admitted to Baylor University Medical Center for surgery to repair a fractured tibia in his left leg.

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"The day before he told me:

," Rojas' mother, Wilda, told the jury in a video, according to the aforementioned media.

But the surgery, which was supposed to last only two hours, was complicated and Rojas did not wake up after the procedure.

He suffered from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, a brain injury resulting from a lack of blood flow and oxygen to the brain.

"It appears that he suffered low blood pressure during the course of his procedure, which cut off oxygen to his brain," Bruce Steckler, a lawyer for the Rojas family, told the quoted media outlet.

"When blood doesn't get to the brain, it dies."

According to the family's lawsuit,

while her doctor was supervising four registered nurse anesthetists [CNRAs] who were with other patients at the same time.

“I think patients should be informed in advance that they can choose between an anesthetist with four years of medical school, three years of training and board certification, versus a CRNA with a nursing degree and one more year of medical school. training,” added Steckler.

US Anesthesia Partners of Texas, the company that employed the doctor and nurses, defended its team in a statement.

"We strongly believe that our physicians provided excellent patient care," the company said.

The patient's handwritten surgical history showed no serious blood pressure problems, despite the fact that two nurse anesthetists administered Rojas multiple doses of medication designed to increase blood pressure, according to the lawsuit.

According to attorney Charla Aldou, Rojas' blood pressure dropped and doctors didn't take care of it quickly enough to protect her brain, local television station NBC 11 News reported.

An electronic record of the patient's blood pressure was made, but evidence from the case showed that the hospital did not keep it.

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The nurse anesthetist responsible for treating him also did not monitor his brain activity during the operation.

Court records also show that

Rojas's mother said that despite being urged to take her son off life support, she refuses to do so.

Your child needs care 24 hours a day and will do so for the rest of his life.

According to court records, Rojas was left with the mental capacity of a 1-year-old child.

Despite this, he still expresses joy when he is with her (his mother). 

," Wilda said.

"He was everything to me."