Q: During a Lipo suction procedure, my lung was punctured and collapsed, I was sent to the ER and was admitted to ICU
Was admitted for 4 days. I had put my daughter as my emergency contact, at the place were I was having the procedure, but she was not contacted until the following day in the afternoon. Can I sue the doctor who performed the Lipo for malpractice?
A:
You Question about suing for medical negligence or malpractice as you call it depend upon an opinion from a similar physician in same specialty who can conclude that the physician performing the lipo suction was negligent meaning his treatment frll below the piper standard of care.
As to the hospital not contacting your daughter there’s no harm or damage tissue for and I do not think that’s a matter of medical negligence
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