Maybe you could convince your sister that suing these $^#&@!s is one way to make sure that they think real hard before they do this to someone else. Yes, bad things happen, and surgery is always risky, but if you are the doctor whose scalpel slipped in your hand, then you have a legal, ethical and moral obligation to make sure that the patient has the very best care after that to minimize the damage done by your screwup in whatever way is possible. Has it occurred to you that when this doctor sent her home from the hospital even though she could not hold down any foods that he was TRYING to kill her, so that then "his problem" would go away?
Making clear that her new husband and family are fully prepared to sue for wrongful death and even try to bring him up on criminal charges might just make this guy rethink how happy it will make him if your sister dies...
At Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Rosemary F wrote:
>
>Just to let all of you know what's going on. Well my sister is now
>officially married and waiting for her husband's insurance to kick in.
>At that point, we'll send the card to Dr. Redan's office and see
>exactly what her medical coverage will be.
>
>In any event, here's the "good" part....not really. :( - my sister is
>obtaining her medical records so that she can send copies to Dr. R's
>office. She picks a batch up today and reads about her last surgery
>(November, 2001) and guess what - the doctor who did the laproscopic
>surgery punctured her bladder!!! He never told her......never!!!!! My
>sister has been sick since that last surgery.....remember I told you
>guys....she's never been the same...in the bathroom almost constantly.
>What he did tell her was that the adhesions damaged her bladder so she
>came home with a bag that collected her urine (don't know the proper
>name??). He also wanted her to see a urologist - who also never told
>her her bladder was punctured during the surgery (someone the original
>doctor recommeded - what a surprise!!). So, this doctor does this
>damage - okay she's full of adhesions - it was a mistake - I give him
>that but to never tell her. And each time she called him complaining
>how sick she was - he never mentioned a word.....not any of the doctors.
>So we have this ugly saga only turning worse.....or I could say,
>confirming what I guessed all along.
>
>So that sums up this week......I wish all of you well and will
>definitely keep you informed of how this progesses.
>
>Rosemary
-- cathy :-)