Q: Do I have a case, on behalf of my wife, if a condition exacerbates and could've been caught sooner?
My wife is a MRSA carrier, and has developed a spot on her back near where she had previously had surgery for a MRSA-related infection. The MRSA carrier diagnosis is on file with the clinic she goes to for her near complete care... This new spot may or may not be a flare up/relapse of the condition. My wife went into the clinic for getting her no-baby shot (AKA Depo Provera) and was concerned cause the spot is really painful.... She was told "You need to schedule a separate appointment to get that looked at, right now you are here for this." All well and good except the fact that it takes booking an appointment months in advance in order to get in to be seen for anything. If this goes South, like I am hoping it won't, My wife could be in for another surgery where her back has to be packed.
A: It depends on her relationship with the clinic. If she is on some sort of health-maintenance program under which the clinic is obligated to attend to all of her health-related needs, perhaps. Otherwise, no: she should simply go to another health care provider which can see her sooner.
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