A GRANNY is suing health chiefs after surgeons stitched up her bowel during a hysterectomy operation.
Lynn Main, 55, suffered terrible stomach pains and was bunged up for two weeks after the botched procedure.
Doctors dismissed the problem as constipation and advised her to eat more to get things moving.Eventually the mum-offour’s bowels ruptured and she had to undergo a further op to repair the damage. Lynn and partner Alan Scott, 60, are now taking bosses of Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire, to court.
Lynn, who has four grandchildren, said: “The pain in my stomach was out of control and I thought I was having a heart attack. Alan and me both knew that something was seriously wrong but none of the doctors or nurses would listen.
“We begged them to do something but they just said I needed rest or to eat properly.
Yea, but the health care is free so she should stop her bitchin.
I didn’t even have to click “comments” to know this would draw out some blame on the health care system. Like it’s the insurance people holding the scalpels.
Holy exploding grannies, Batman.
Shit happens. Well — for this lady maybe not. 😉
#2 Does malpractice happen in the private health care system? Obviously it does.
However, it’s tough to argue that socialized medicine attracts the best and the brightest…
Let’s not forget that the camp that’s trying to save us from the threat of public health care are fighting for tort reform. So an American patient in that situation really would be shit out of luck if they had their way.
# 6 Rick said, “Let’s not forget that the camp that’s trying to save us from the threat of public health care are fighting for tort reform. So an American patient in that situation really would be shit out of luck if they had their way.”
Umm, once again you show how clueless you are. Tort reform is to curb frivolous suits, not factual ones.
#8
Tort reform is to curb frivolous suits, not factual ones.
And who is qualified to judge the difference, you total idjit?
How about the doctors themselves? What about the hospitals? Maybe the HMOs?
Har!
#8, Cow-Patty,
Umm, once again you show how clueless you are. Tort reform is to curb frivolous suits, not factual ones.
Oh really? Then why the push for caps on settlements?
FYI, frivolous suits are almost always tossed by the Judge first chance he gets. In order to commence a case, the plaintiff must demonstrate some evidence there was an injury caused by the negligence of another.
# 10 Mr. Fusion said, “FYI, frivolous suits are almost always tossed by the Judge first chance he gets.”
Really? I guess you don’t follow cases. How about the one where a person was suing God and it took weeks before it got thrown out.
On caps, suing for damages isn’t the issue. The issue is the ridiculous amounts that go thousands of times over actual damage suffered. Keep digging.
#11, Cow-Patty, the all knowing magnificent,
Really? I guess you don’t follow cases. How about the one where a person was suing God and it took weeks before it got thrown out.
It is called scheduling. The procedure is thus, a complaint is filed and the court and defendant receive a copy. The defendant is required to acknowledge the complaint and agree it is factual, it is in error, or defend the actions taken and make a counter claim if necessary. It is at this point the defense may request the court dismiss the case as frivolous.
The plaintiff gets a chance to review the defendants reply to the claim and any counterclaim and motions. After a suitable length of time, the court schedules a hearing for when the Motion to Dismiss is heard.
By law the court must allow each side a suitable length of time to review and prepare for the hearing. So yes, it does takes weeks. And yes, in most jurisdictions the court may assess legal fees to the losing party.
The biggest problem in courtrooms today is not frivolous law suits. It is people representing themselves because they can’t afford an attorney. Because the system is designed for attorneys it is confusing and many people lose because they can’t prepare their case properly.
The British National Health service has an adversarial relationship with it’s patients. They have been at war with each other since 1952.
She can’t give a shit.
For what it’s worth, I drink while I write, hence the ‘cafe’. But that doesn’t keep me or other Richards from being Dicks every once in a while (just a little humor #6, no offense).
While medical malpractice may not be perfect, it’s a whole lot better than the results of trying to collect from a government employee who makes this kind of error after health care is nationalized.
Isn’t it wonderful that we have the option of arguing how to fix medical malpractice instead of the other choice?
socialized medicine lol
# 12 Mr. Fusion said, “It is called scheduling. The procedure is thus…”
You really are ignorant. The defendant was GOD. Wonder why it took so long for him to reply? LOL
You are good for a laugh I have to say…
#14, ML,
With all due respect, when she was complaining about the pain, she was just full of shit.
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What to do with what was left over, …
#17, Cow-Patty,
Should it matter? The court has a procedure and they followed it. When it became apparent the suit was frivolous it was dismissed.
The sad part is you have no idea of what you posted so far. You claim you want to stop frivolous lawsuits and pull up an extreme example. It was dismissed and now you claim some stupid thing about the defendant.
You want the court to give deference to a defendant simply because of who they are? You want the court to dismiss a case on that ground? I’m sure you have some legal precedent you can show us to back up a biased legal system where your status can get the case against you dismissed without a hearing.
Geeze, you are really trying to surpass Alphie for steooopid.
It’s been demonstrated in several studies that capping damages in re: malpractice suits does nothing to lower the insurance rates paid by doctors. The rates are related to bond yields (which is where the insurance companies put the premiums to earn some cash). The scare campaigns waged by insurance companies to get caps is just an attempt to fatten their bottom line by legislative fiat.
All the scare language about ‘socialized medicine’ is just an attempt by the same industry to protect their revenue source with as little oversight as possible. No company willingly agrees to real competition. They’ve got it good- and just the fact that they’re willing to dump millions in a PR campaign to maintain the status quo should tell you the story. And if you’re a consumer you should be cheering on the advent of competition in this industry.
Hey- they’re smart, tough, and efficient (or so they say). They should be able to compete with a lousy, inefficient government program any day.
I mean- the difference will be obvious. And we can all vote with our dollars.
This sentence bothered me: “When somebody goes into hospital, you expect mistakes to be made but something on this scale is atrocious.”
I know mistakes happen sometimes but should I actually need to expect them?
#20
“..All the scare language about ’socialized medicine’ is just an attempt by the same industry..”
Let me fill in the correct finish to the sentence;
“…to warn citizens of the horrors that will soon befall them if they continue along this path of self destruction..”
Yes, I believe pretty well describes with the insurance industry is doing.
# 19 Mr. Fusion said, “#17, My idol, Should it matter? The court has a procedure and they followed it. ”
ROFLMAO!!!!!
#22, Rick,
“…to warn citizens of the horrors that will soon befall them if they continue along this path of self destruction..”
Let me complete that sentence for you
““…to warn citizens of the horrors that will soon befall them if they continue along this path of self destruction by not pressuring their elected representatives to implement a national single payer health system.
There, so much better.
#23, Cow-Patty, wrote,
#19, Fusion,
I want to do certain homosexual things to you
Thank you for the idolization, really, but I’m a heterosexual. But even if I was gay, you wouldn’t really be my type.
Besides, drinking water is essential to get a wholesome intestinal tract. To stimulate the natural peristaltic action, an individual ought to drink half of his or her pounds in ounces of pure non-carbonated drinking water. For example, if your pounds is 150 pounds, you should drink 75 ounces of water, which is approximately 2 liters. If you drink enough drinking water and consume a sufficient amount of fiber, your colon will restore its purpose more than time.