Q: No one wants to take my medical malpractice case because it didn't end in death or severe damage.
I am having a hard time getting a medical malpractice case being taken as a worthy case and I wonder which medical malpractice branch takes "lighter" cases that didn't end in death or severe damage? My father went to the hospital with chest pain, losing his breath and abdominal pain. As far as I know hospitals should take in patients with chest pain inmediatly inside on the assumption of a heart attack . They failed to do this and had my father waiting in the waiting room for over 10 hours without providing oxygen or any release for pain whatsoever. He came in at 11:00am and went inside for actual treatment at 8:00pm.He had a heart attack, a blood clot, irregular blood pressure and lung infection as a consequence of their inhumane wait. After requesting the hospital records for review they are lying and deleting info. They are saying that he had a catherization and HE DID NOT HAVE ONE. My mother serves as witness.Now he has atrial afribilation, and is on 6 different medications another
A: They don't want to take the case because courts usually subscribe to the maxim "no harm, no foul".
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