botched foot surgery

After a bunionectomy I found out that too much bone was cut away that has left me with a limp and the need for more surgery to correct this. Do I have a case?

blood clut

in jan 2006 my doctor never did a

Catalan to detect a blood club in my

lung.He kept tring to give me a

pacmaker.I almost died becuase of he

incompatice

Medical Malpractrice

My husband was diagnose with cancer in 2006 and have been going to the same Dr. since 2001 before we even met. He started complaning of shoulder pain in 2004 the same year we married. He went back and forth to the Dr. about his shoulder, was taken off work a couple of times but his Dr. never gave him an Xray or anything. My husband died in 2008. Before he died I ask him to get his medical reports and some of his reports were missing. Of course I am angry. Is there fgrounds for malpractice ?

c-section/hysterectomy

i had a c-section/hysterectomy...according to the Dr's i was bleeding alot and had to remove my uterus.to what i was told i was still bleeding after the hysterectomy.The Doctor had to call for another Doctor to come and finish my hysterectomy[Doctor took 20 minutes to get there]..i lost so much blood i need 5 pints of blood....so doctor gets there and had to remove the opening of my cervix and bleeding stopped. i was intubated and sent to ICU.now while removing the uterus doctors claims that maybe they cut,stitched or my urethra tube got swollen..so now i have a tube on my side draining out urine, recently got surgery to repair the damage and a yr later still have the draining tube on my side.

drug prescription

DR. at KAISER PERMANENTE prescibe 240 vicoden every 2 weeks to 73 year old women that has already had 2 overdoses.her chart states she has a dependancy on pain killers.

help

can a doctors office sell your chart to a collection agency in order to collect a past due balance?

facelift #2

I had a facelift which left me with an ear that is lower, unsymmetrical face, the right droops, the mouth is pulled and the lips droop . The eyes are pulled leaving hallows and unnatural lines across the temples.I have not been able to work due to depression and anxiety for 9 months. Do I have a case to sue ?

injury/payment

I took my daughter to an oral surgeon in April 07 for consulltation at which time I was told he accepted my insurance, dr looked at my card and said I would owe 800 out of pocket, which I paid in May when the 4 teeth were pulled. I never saw a bill until a few weeks later at which time I noticed he was out of network. I sent him a letter explaining that I was not happy and wanted to talk to him to resolve this, no reply just a bill with interest. I have sent him all the ins i was given but he is suing for rest. I was not happy with his work as my daughter was swollen, in pain and in ER next day with sprained neck, the pain increased, she saw a chiropr a few times for neck but ended up in hospital with a fractured neck and disks and a bacteraial infection. I can't seem to prove it came from dentist but she was a healthy girl prior to surgery. I am being sued for balance of bill which includes dr interest, his laywer fees/court fees. Does the patient have any rights? Do we have to pay the balcnce, I believe he falsly lead me to believe he was under my plan when I asked (he copied my ins. card) and I believe he was rough with my daughter while under the anest which resulted inher injury. She was on intervenous for 8 weeks.

failed tubal ligation

i'm a 34 year old mother of 5 kids.i had a tubal ligation done during the c section of my 5th baby last jan 25 2006.all my kids were born c section and my last 2 pregnancies are high risk.i only had one fallopian tube coz my left fallopian tube was removed since 2001 when i had an ectopic pregnancy..They tied and cut a portion of my right fallopian tube during the c section of my 5th baby.but last december of 2007 i found out that i'm pregnant again andi'm on a high risk.my doctor said i might have to deliver the baby a month earlier than my due date coz i can't go full term..i'm on my 5th month of pregnancy right now and i'm having a hard time.i am so scared about what's gonna happen to me and the baby since i am on a high risk..can i sue the naval medical center for their negligence since they didn't inform me more about the failures of tubal ligation and what should be the best way and 100% way of not getting pregnant again?i tried to talk to some lawyers about my case but nobody wants to handle it.can i file a case even without an attorney?

Treated real bad at hospital!!!

ok i was in a motorcycle accident and i had no insurance when i was transported to the hospital everything was goign perfectly fine untill i told them i didnt have insurance and once they heard that all of a sudden everything got real slow i seen the doctor twice and that was when i came in and when i was getting my x-rays i was left on the board for about an hour and half with a paramedic just standing over me after they found out i didnt have insruance i had a badly broken collar bone and the nurse put me in a sling and said good bye they never tried to re set my bone and now i have sharp throbing pain everyday stiffness in my arm cant go to sleep at night and constantly in pain and cause of all this iam on pain meds everymonth i got a MRI on my back and when i got it taken the doctor there was blown away that they let me leave like this and that i was going to have major problems in the future! my schoulder and collar bone is pokeing out i have a myabe at the most 2 inch protrusion going up wards on my schoulder and can be easily seen from 20 feet away and even better in pictures,i cant work cause it hurts so bad they handed me to a family pratice for follow up not a bone doctor and they said cause of that its 2late

medical malpractice

Do you have to have permanent damage to sue for malpractice? Or, can you sue for substandard care and prolonged healing?

mistreated badly at hospital in pain everyday

ok i was in a motorcycle accident and i had no insurance when iw as transported to the hospital everything was goign perfectly fine untill i told them i didnt have insurance and once they heard that all of a sudden everything got real slow i seen teh doctor twice and that was when i came in and when i was getting my x-rays i was left on teh board for about an hour and half with a paramedic just standing over me after they found out i didnt have insruance i had a badly broken collar bone and the nurse put me in a sling and said good bye they never tried to re set my bone and now i have sharp throbing pain everyday stiffness in my arm cant go to sleep at night and constantly in pain and cause of all this iam on pain meds everymonth i got a MRI on my back and when i got it taken the doctor there said that my schould was so messed up that if i didnt get it fixed that i was goign to have major problems in the future! my schould and collar bone is pokeing out i have a myabe at the most 2 inch protrusion going up wards on my schould and can be easily seen from 20 feet away and even better in pictures,i cant work cause it hurts so bad they handed me to a family pratice for follow up not a bone doctor and they said cause of that its 2late

back surgery problems

I recently had back surgery and since then have lost feeling in some parts of my lower extremities and its getting worse i am aso in a lot more pain then before the surgery i want to know if i can go after my doc for malpractice

Sovereign Immunity is a Malpractice Field-Day

My husband is reaching the 11th hour to file for medical malpractice. We've been to numerous lawyers and none would take the case because the Florida hospital involved had sovereign immunity status. The neurosurgeon and other doctors involved were also umbrellered under this immunity and did not even have mal-practice insurance. I believe we have just become so worn done with the politics we've encountered that we have all but resigned to the fact that our lives are forever changed and we didn't even get an ''I'm sorry''. The lawyers we spoke to said if this had occurred anywhere else we would have a great case, but with the malpractice caps the case is just too costly.

My husband was a healthy, vibrant 52 year old aerospace engineer. While working around the house he herniated a lumbar disk. He underwent what was supposed to be a routine diskectomy. He had to be hospitalized for 3 months and rehab 1 month. As an RN who specializes in Neuro, I saw many contributing factors; failure to diagnos, poor practice,etc. He developed osteomyelitis at the surgical site with the organism migrating to the brain; causing a toxic encephalopathy. The outcome ; RSD, cannot walk unaided,high dose narcotics, on SS Disability. Thoughts?

Medical Malpractice on STD

Can I sue my doctor (dermatologist) of the clinic for not informing me about the test results? I want to him because I had what appeared to be genital warts. He did a biopsy and told me they would call me if there was anything to worry about and nobody called me. After about 2 months I went to another dermatologist and he said he was sure I had HPV which is an STD, I went to my old doctors office and got my test result from his assistant. The report said I had HPV. My new doctor has been treating me since past 7 weeks. I'm really mad at my doctor that he didn't inform me while it was at the beginning stage. Until I went to the new doctor the amount of warts multiplied by at least 5 times.

medical coverage legality

can a physician/chiropractor no longer accept your insurance coverage without giving any notification

Misdiagnoses

In 2005 I started to have issues with by feminine area. I sought out an OB/GYN and was told it was a yeast infection. In Aug.07 I sought out a second opinion since the symptoms hadn't changed. I have since been diagnosed with Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia stage 1. I am currently seeing a specialist and we are trying a medication but if this doesn't work then I will need an invasive surgical procedure to remove the damaged tissue and after that point, I will possibly have to have reconstructive surgery done. The condition is very painful and emotionally debilitating. Do I have a case since the original doctor dismissed my complaints and eventually stated there is nothing she could do for me then just treat the symptoms?

medical malpractice

I am 1 of about 10,000 patients who underwent surgical procedures by a dr that used the same needles & scalpels on multiple patients. I have rec'd ltr from Health Dept advising to get tested for HIV/HEPB-C. If I am not infected, do I still have a medical malpractice case?

object left in back

22 years ago I had plastic surgery to improve the appearance of a birth defect on my lower back. I recently had plastic surgey on the same area because 2 wounds of an unknown origin opened on my back. At my follow up appointment with the surgeon I was told that there was a piece of rubber in my back that had caused the wounds. The Dr who did the first surgery and probably left the piece of rubber in my back is still in practice. Is there anything that can be done?

malpractice

I wqas diagnosed with diabetes, 14 years ago, and have had multiple amputations since. my right foot collapsed last year, and i went to a foot Dr. to help. He said he could shave down the bone, and I could continue on with a normal life. he did and I got infection in the bone. Over the next 4 months he told me he thought he could get rid of the infection, he was wrong. he did 3 more surgeries over the next 3 months, and took many x-rays, eventually finding out that my ankle had disentigrayted over that time. I got sicker and sicker, eventually losing 70 lbs. I quit eating, and had a fever constantly, all the time my Dr. saying he was going to fix me. Eventually I went into convulsions at home and my daughter called 911. I was rushed to redmond hospital in rome where 3 days later, my right leg was amputated. Do I have a neglect case against him?