It would be difficult for parents to see their children hospitalized and experiencing pain and suffering. The feeling of helplessness is perhaps amplified if the child happens to be a new-born, as was in this case.
Does law hold doctors responsible for failing to diagnose a complicated condition? Only if such conditions are known to be missed in diagnosis, and if other tests are not performed to rule out its’ presence.
A pregnant patient was taken to the hospital where gynaecologist performed episiotomy and a healthy baby girl was delivered. The patient’s condition however deteriorated soon thereafter.
This is story of a hospital that erred in one of the most basic protocol for blood storage and management. Unfortunately, as a result of this lapse the patient lost her life.
A pregnant patient, under antenatal care of the hospital, was admitted in advanced stage of labour. The doctor performed C-section and a healthy baby girl was delivered. The patient’s condition, however, deteriorated soon thereafter.
The patient experienced severe pain in abdomen and hence, visited the hospital where doctors performed tests that reported malignant mesenteric mass. While performing the surgery, doctors discovered that the mass was very large, solid, and highly vascular extending up to liver and other vital organs.
The patient accidently slipped from stairs and injured her left arm and shoulder. Little did she know that this accident would damage her left hand permanently. She visited the hospital where a team of doctors attended her and made provisional diagnosis of fracture of left arm and collar bone with rib fracture and osteomyelitis
It would be difficult for parents to see their children hospitalized and experiencing pain and suffering. The feeling of helplessness is perhaps amplified if the child happens to be a new-born, as was in this case.
Does law hold doctors responsible for failing to diagnose a complicated condition? Only if such conditions are known to be missed in diagnosis, and if other tests are not performed to rule out its’ presence.
A pregnant patient was taken to the hospital where gynaecologist performed episiotomy and a healthy baby girl was delivered. The patient’s condition however deteriorated soon thereafter.
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