suing a hospital

jacklink

a 'friends' wife almost died regarding misdiagnosis and left in a side room with bandages hanging of her (she could of tripped ) and no cream applyied when it was needed every 4 hours, infact she was left for 3 days, has she a complaint ?

fed_up_and_stressed

I was in a very similar situation as your friend's wife. Left in agony and with permanent health issues and a life of medication due to getting meds i told them i was allergic to but there is no way i would think of taking vital resources from the nhs by suing them !


Yes lessons needed to be learnt by the nhs trust (but i felt these could be learnt by investigating a complaint ) rather than leeching money away from the nhs through a law suit.

pmduk

You ask whether a complaint is justified, yes. That's not the same as suing a hospital however.

floss2

Suggest that your "friend" speaks to the hospital PALS team regarding making a formal complaint.

j.e.j.

I would make a formal complaint and (if possible) try and get some medical insurance so that hopefully in future it won't happen again.

I don't really agree with the ambulance-chasing lawyers that are popping up more and more these days. Their raison d'etre is of course to make themselves some money, in this case out of the NHS. They do not care much what is morally right or wrong.

Twisted_Cherry

Yes make a complaint, but why sue? It only takes money away from the NHS.

Someone I knew once there life was put in danger by surgeons after one op, but the second op saved them although left them with a permanent pain problem because of a trapped nerve in there thigh. I being rather naive back then wondered why they would not sue for compensation, and there reply was ‘Why, money cannot replace my poor health’ and ‘The NHS was in fact trying to save my life...’ They had a point!

Sadly the NHS also made errors which resulted in there death, but they died aged 61, if it was not for the NHS they would not have lived past the age 10 to start with, and I would certainly not have been here!

Errata

The 'friend's wife' should tell the hospital what happened and ask it to explain why these things happened, using the hospital's PALS service.
Then proceed appropriately.