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can you take a doctor to court if.......

  • 22-07-2014 6:42pm
    #1
    The Darkroom
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    He misdiagnoses you? lets say the misdiagnosis was cancer and he saw a lump on you and said it was just a cist, and sure in six months time when your pregnancy is over we will then remove it when really he should have sent you for a biopsy? so you wait and wait and before you know it is six months in and you find out you have stage 4 cancer. the doctor misdiagnosed you so is he allowed to get away with it?


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  • #2
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    If someone was in this situation, they should seek the advice of a medical negligence solicitor. This is a seriously complex area of law and any issue around possible litigation and or possible complaints should have the assistance of a competent solicitor in the area.

    As an aside getting it wrong may or may not be medical negligence and can only be answered with a medical report.


  • #3
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    The Darkroom wrote: »
    He misdiagnoses you? lets say the misdiagnosis was cancer and he saw a lump on you and said it was just a cist, and sure in six months time when your pregnancy is over we will then remove it when really he should have sent you for a biopsy? so you wait and wait and before you know it is six months in and you find out you have stage 4 cancer. the doctor misdiagnosed you so is he allowed to get away with it?

    IT depends on whether he was actually negligent or not. Doctors arent supermen, they cant know everything.


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