healthzone.ca — Through a series of mistakes, miscommunications and misdiagnoses, she wound up having her arms and legs amputated. She sued the doctors, who essentially blamed one another for what everyone involved agrees were profound errors.
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changeisgoodMay 31, 2009
The medical staff involved should all lose their jobs. Hospitals including some of the staff do not care about their quality of work. You have to keep on top of them and who cares if some of them become angry with you for asking too many questions. I always read up on lab work being done, why it's being done, MRI's etc. I write down every single thing that the doctor says. If I do not like the doctor or their attitude when I am asking questions, I go to another more receptive doctor. My insurance allows me to do this so I take advantage. You must be assertive with these people moving up the ladder of the hospital administration staff if you do not get sufficient answers to your questions. Always get a 2nd opinion especially in light of such a serious issue as amputation. These hospitals are mostly concerned with how much money they can make off of every patient that comes in for a procedure.
Closed AccountJun 1, 2009
"Why would a doctor go through all that training and then not practice medicine with live patients if he wasn't a complete f**k up?"And the HMO was happy to hire him at a very low salary.
dharmaturtleJun 1, 2009
ghostofreddit is right, though he's being douchy - typical of reddit.The Associated Press is a Wire Service, meaning they're the one with the majority of reporters and newsagents in the world. Other sources, like the New York Times, may have agents working the world, but the majority of their stories come from wire services like the Associated Press and Reuters. Neither is a direct newspaper, but they sell their stories to newspapers and such.When the Toronto Star bought rights to the Associated Press story, they probably only bought a portion or rights to "edit" the story, I'm not sure of the legality of what happened. But they certainly didn't "Copy/Paste" it from the AP.Also, this is why in most stories you see, there's a "source" like "Such and such an author from the AP". This is how many stories are reported on sites like Google News and Yahoo!So keep the rage contained.
offthewagonJun 2, 2009
You little s**t. So you didn't read a f**king word, huh? Take your ideals and pride to a planet where they f**king matter, cause here on earth they don't mean s**t. f**king jerkoff.
s0nicfreakJun 3, 2009
You can tell how much you believe what you're saying by how upset you get about someone saying differently.
inversionJun 27, 2009
LeanBlog dot org discusses many different instances of medical mistakes, and what hospitals can do to avoid them. It's not the people. It's the processes they use. Fix the processes, and you avoid the mistakes.
inversionJun 27, 2009
LeanBlog dot org discusses many different instances of medical mistakes, and what hospitals can do to avoid them. It's not the people. It's the processes they use. Fix the processes, and you avoid the mistakes.
hypnodebJun 29, 2009
I heard about this story because it was local here in NYC. It is amazing but doctors are human just like the rest of us. To protect yourself, you must get second opinions all the time.
maylehmannJul 10, 2009
That is so unfair. Where is she gonna get that money now that she has no arms and legs? I've heard quite a number of stories that are quite similar to this one. Now I'm scared to even see a doctor now.
darkangel1215Aug 20, 2009
This post is awsome. Thanks!
violetnessAug 29, 2009
Holy cow - that is horrible! I don't understand, though, exactly what the medical mistake was - I mean, if she had failed circulation in her arms and legs and they had to cut them off to prevent her from dying, that is AWFUL, but what would have prevented it?