Is there anything I can do about this

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My wife has been experiencing neck, shoulder,back and arm pain for a couple of months we went to a orthopedic Dr. he thought it was muscular and put her in therapy.Therapy only made it worse,so bad that three weeks ago to the day she woke me up at three in the morning crying and holding her arm saying she couldn't stand the pain anymore. I took her to the ER to get her looked at.By this time the pain was so sever she was throwing up.The Dr came in and examined her and had the nurse give her a shot.Twenty min. later she was starting to calm down.The Dr called me out to the hall with the nurse. She told me with a smurk on her face that the meds. they gave my wife shouldn't be working yet that it takes a while for them to get into you're system.I told the Dr she keeps waking up and crying.The next thing the Dr says to me is why I'm writing this. The Dr asks me if my wife has a history of making things up or making a bigger deal out of something just for attention.The Dr said just try to keep her calm and relaxed.Mon. morning We went back to the ortho. Dr and he sent us for an mri of the shoulder.That came back and he said that he did'nt see anything wrong told my wife to continue therapy. She went to therapy once more and was in terrible pain that night.I called our family Dr went in to see him,he ordered a mri of the neck for the next morning.She had the mri the next morning and our Dr called that afternoon wanting us to come in and see him.We got there and he gave us the news,tumor in between 5th and 6th vertebra,after seeing this the radiologist reviewed the first mri and discovered a spot on her lung. Our Dr said we need to get to Hershey med now.They did a xray of her chest and found a 8cm mass in her right lung.The next day the Dr's told us she has stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to her back.

Am I right in thinking that something should or could be done about the er Dr.?

Answer

Whether you are right or not will depend on whether a

lawyer will take action. But I certainly think it's worth speaking to an attorney about this.

I recently had an ER doctor prescribe me anti-anxiety

medication because he decided I was having a panic

attack when it was clear to anyone I was reacting to

the 17 yellowjacket stings I had had the day prior. I

told him I used to have panic attacks and that this

wasn't one, as I was obviously very calm; its just that

my feet and legs were going numb. Of course everything

got worse until I saw a family doctor who gave me real

help.

So your situation is much more serious, and if the

doctor had been more helpful, it could have prevented

injury to your wife. I would talk to a lawyer if I were

you, no question.

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Your best recourse would be to contact hospital

management with your complaints and concerns. It doesn't

sound as if there are any medical damages, but certainly

your treatment sound reprehensible. Most hospitals take

customer satisfaction very seriously and many doctors'

salaries are tied, at least in part, to customer

satisfaction indexes.

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Expert evidence is commonly used in medical malpractice cases to prove the standard of care that was expected of the practitioner accused of malpractice, and whether that standard was met. Most claimants in a medical malpractice case will require at least one expert to prove this part of the case. If the claimant fails to provide expert evidence for the court, the case may be dismissed before the trial even begins.

It is very rare that a medical malpractice case will proceed to trial without any expert evidence. In order for this to occur, the mistake made by the medical practitioner would have to be glaringly obvious to those outside the medical field. For example, if your surgeon dropped his watch into your chest cavity during open-heart surgery, you may not require an expert to tell the court that this falls below the expected standard of care. Most cases of medical malpractice are not so obvious.

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