Last Saturday, my father was having severe complication with the left side of head that extend to his left side of his body. He described it as "he feels that as if someone was twisting his muscles" as if someone were to twist a towel dry (if that makes sense.) When I brought him to the ER room which was around 3:00 AM, an ER doctor on call assisted him. My first impression of that doctor at that very instance was very distance. He had no facial expression and I felt that he didn't wanted to put all the effort he had with us. Anyways, I told him my father did not know alot of English and I'm willing to assist him in every way. I told my family history as well as my dad's current medical history. The only thing that was unhealthy of my dad was the fact that he has high cholesterol (which was diagnose last feburary) and he's been of the medication for almost 2 months (which we have the intention to see his regular doctor the coming week.) I told the doctor that my grandfather (my dad's father) died of a stroke exactly 1 year ago. (already that's clear indication of my dad's symptoms.
So the ER doc says will do a CAT scan. So the results came back, and there was no sign off hemmorrige or no bleeding in the brain. So I asked for an MRI (clearly something was wrong with my father, he wouldn't ask to go to the hospital unless something was wrong.) the ER doc says an MRI was not necessary. (because he is a doctor i gave my trust to him.) He sent my father home with some pain killer. I brought it to the pharmacy and got it filled. The next morning, I was going to give my dad the pain killers (and he said he didn't have that kind of pain that you would need to take medicine for.) as I open the medication. They medication was for a different patient. I quickly called the pharmacy and to see if there was a mistake. To my dismay, the hospital mislabled the prescription although the medication was intended for him.
Less than 12 hours, my dad suffered from a stroke. He had to be hospitalized for 5 days. My poor dad had to suffer from something that could have prevented.
my whole family suffer from distress and pain from this exprience. My father whose only 53 had his 1st stroke within 12 hours from his ER visit. I truly believe that this malpractice . I also feel that we were not treated fairly. Racism would be a hard word to sallow, but we really felt that it was so. IS this something we should take legal action for? ANy advice to whom i should seek for an attorney?
rafferty
you can't sue. Your father can, if he chooses.
You need to find a medical malpractice attorney. Call your local Bar and get the referral list.
fullautoarmalite
Look up a good lawyer in your states capitol town and work from their when the doctor sees that he might settle out of court when he gets the letter.it worked for me, good luck
laughter_every_day
Your belief that it was malpractice and that a different decision would have prevented the stroke does not make it so. You would need a lawyer experienced in medical malpractice cases who would then consult with another doctor and try to determine just what reasonable doctors would have done and whether that would have saved your Dad. That will include reviewing the medical records, not just your description of what happened.
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