Q: Paralyzed by lumbar fusion surgery,aorta cut,renal artery severed,metal cage on iliac artery can kill me any moment hel
DAMAGES TO PATIENT
1.The surgeon was not prepared for her anatomy and could not individualize approach
2.Patient did not know and was not given informed consent to the procedure or the risk she would incur.
3.Patient has no idea who actually did her surgery or what part of her surgery and it is her right to know who did what on her body.
4.Patient had someone operate her who never examined her never spoke to her and never even followed up with her.
5.Patient did not have consent specifically about blood loss and the need for transfusion and the risk of transfusion.
6.Patient peritoneum was violated and she may get an obstruction later in life.
7.Retractor damaged the vessels and the aorta.
8.Segmental artery was transected and a part of her body is under vascularized now but because the artery was not
identified no one knows what part.
9.*The record is fraudulent
and now the patient and any subsequent doctors will not know how the patient got into
this
A:
CONTACT A MED MALPRACTICE LAWYER ASAP...
LET HIM OR HER SPEND THEIR TIME GATHERING THE EVIDENCE TO WHICH YOU ALLUDE.
A: There is a 1-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice actions, so you will need to be sure to contact an attorney who specializes in this area quickly because lawsuits must be filed within one year of the patient discovering the injury or within three years of the date that injury occurred—whichever comes first.
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