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Medial Solicitor who won't charge upfront

  • 15-11-2010 4:13pm
    #1
    mystiq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    Hello there

    I'm looking for a medical solicitor for a negligence case, who will not charge me up front.
    Any ideas?

    regards
    mystiq


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  • #2
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    mystiq wrote: »
    Hello there

    I'm looking for a medical solicitor for a negligence case, who will not charge me up front.
    Any ideas?

    regards
    mystiq

    This question has been asked a lot lately :confused:
    All you need to know is answered in this thread.


  • #3
    helm09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭helm09


    Think it's a sign of the times that hospitals are getting more and more run down and it will probably get worse after budget/bailout..


  • #4
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    I'm not surprised. In one hospital i attended recently I know 4 people who were sent home in the space of 4 weeks with broken bones that had been missed on their x-rays. Who knows what the reasons are? Staff, equipment, training? What I can't understand is why they insist on billing you for times when the misdiagnose you.


  • #5
    drkpower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,475 ✭✭✭drkpower


    k_mac wrote: »
    I'm not surprised. In one hospital i attended recently I know 4 people who were sent home in the space of 4 weeks with broken bones that had been missed on their x-rays. Who knows what the reasons are? Staff, equipment, training? What I can't understand is why they insist on billing you for times when the misdiagnose you.

    Fractures are missed all the time. Diagnosing fractures is very often not sttraughtforward. There are a multitude of reasons. The doc who sees you in the ED isnt a consultant radiologist.

    Mis-diagnosis is inherent in the practice of medicine. Failure is inherent in the practice of medicine. Adversity is inherent in the practice of medicine. Sometimes its avoidable, sometimes it isnt.

    When your plane arrives late, you dont expect a free flight.


  • #6
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    drkpower wrote: »
    Fractures are missed all the time. Diagnosing fractures is very often not sttraughtforward. There are a multitude of reasons. The doc who sees you in the ED isnt a consultant radiologist.

    Mis-diagnosis is inherent in the practice of medicine. Failure is inherent in the practice of medicine. Adversity is inherent in the practice of medicine. Sometimes its avoidable, sometimes it isnt.

    When your plane arrives late, you dont expect a free flight.

    I'd expect it to arrive at some stage though. I wouldn't expect to be just sent home.


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  • #7
    drkpower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,475 ✭✭✭drkpower


    k_mac wrote: »
    I'd expect it to arrive at some stage though. I wouldn't expect to be just sent home.

    Unfortunately failure/misdiagnosis is part of the transaction in medicine. People need to start realising that. It is a risk, even when everyone is doing their job reasonably. Your suggestion that you get a refund if there is a wrong/missed diagnosis betrays this oh-so-common misunderstanding, the misunderstanding that the wrong/missed diagnosis should not have have happened and demonstrates culpability on the part of the doctor. When people bemoan the (supposedly) high rates of litigation in this area, this right here is an example of the reason why.

    It is a different matter if someone acts negligently, but most missed xrays arent down to negligence.


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