Q: Can I sue a large hospital for dropping the ball about 4 times before I got help for a severe case of sepsis
I think it first started with the placement of my pacemaker in January of 2022. I told the nurse I had a serious sinus infection and should we not wait? I was ignored.
Then on February 28, 2022 I finally succumbed to a severe case of sepsis and ended up in the hospital where I almost died. I was there about 3 months in a coma, then almost 3 months of rehabilitation after that. What I'm complaining about are the numerous attempts I made to get help leading up to that horrible evening on 2-28-23
Visits to my primary care, visits to the ER, I finally had to Google my symptoms but by then it was too late and I couldn't get anyone at the ER to believe me.
I am now permanently damaged, my face and neck are scarred and the skin is loose and saggy, my mind and brain were affected, my heart, I how have stage 3b kidney disease, my bladder is shot to hell, my diabetes worsened, I can barely walk, my back pain increased by leaps and bounds , I jerk, I shake, have trembles, don't sleep well
A: Yes you may have a case. Medical malpractice means that a doctor violated the standard of care. A bad outcome is not enough. Another doctor would be needed to evaluate what the doctors did.
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