My mom was at work when she started having a very severe headache. She said she felt nauseous and felt numb on her left side. Her employer took her to a hospital where the doctor said it was probably nothing serious. She went to another doctor a couple days later, who said the same thing.
She asked both of these doctors if it might be signs of a stroke, since she knows what stroke symptoms are like. Both said no since she is only 45 and pretty healthy.
Well, they were both wrong, and she had a massive aneurysm in the right part of her brain. The doctors had to perform emergency brain surgery, and she has a huge surgical scar on her head. She couldn't talk and couldn't move the left part of her body. Three months later, she can walk slowly and talk, but she still can't move her left arm very well at all.
The doctors said she won't be able to go to work for at least a year. She's divorced, and the only source of income of our family. Could we sue the doctors for malpractice?
astralpen
Ab-so-lutely.
Max
no
chenoa
If you can't, I would try to anyways. That's horrible; they probably dismissed it because they were "busy" with a booboo splinter or something.
Dashes
If you can prove the doctors did not do the necessary tests after you asked for them to be done, yes.
Dave
Certainly she can sue. The odds of her winning may vary.
She point-blank asked about stroke symptoms, and was blown off. You didn't mention anything about tests, but if they just said "get outta here, it's a headache" then that sounds pretty bad.
Chat with a personal injury attorney on a free consultation.
lilygateau
Please don't.
Doctor's are not God and maybe their errors are more serious than getting coffee with cream you ordered black but they do the best they can.
Certainly they did not intentionally misdiagnos and maybe there should have been other signs and there weren't.
Suing doctors causes EVERYONE money in higher insurance and higher medical costs.
Talk to both doctors first.
boris t
Legally, that wouldnt be considered Malpractice. Malpractice is when a doctor does a procedure that harms the patient. (Surgery, or medication.) But the doctor should have done his job, and did a better exam on your mom. Usually, doctors only check the most common places of problem per age group. Doctors can be so lazy sometimes.
elysialaw
Anyone can sue anyone...winning is another story.
Sounds to me to be a solid enough case to find a lawyer to work on a contingency basis though.
Call around. If she has a decent case a lawyer can be found.
And yes..Boris has a point. This would likely be negligence not malpractice. However that is just another thing the lawyer can explain to you.
emmita91
Definately. just make sure to get a good lawyer and explain everything. keep all the records of doctor visits, tests, everything. Usually doctors want to save money to the government, or the medical institution that hires them. But keep in mind, that if the first two doctors did not make her any tests or exams, it can be hard to proof. but a specialist doctor will be consulted by the court.
Geaux Tigers!!!
ER docs get sued all the time for passing over symptoms. Normally I am not one to advocate suing over anything, but this was ridiculous that they didn't do a brain scan or anything! My doc wants a brain scan at the drop of a hat, just to see how things are looking.
So yes, I would say look into it. I'm very sorry to hear of this.
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