Posted on 08/26/2009 2:32:52 PM PDT by 84rules
Can you imagine the lawsuit waiting if this had happened in the United States?
Man Collapses With Ruptured Appendix ... Three Weeks After (British) NHS Doctors 'Took It Out'
84rules
August 26, 2009
There attitude is really hard to understand.
I suspect that MERIT played no part in the UK doctors getting in to medical school .... sounds like the U.S. education system ... doesn't it?
He might, just might, get an apology
An appendix...a liver..what’s the big deal?
Your wonderful new 'doctor' fresh from his Naturalization Ceremony over at ICE, having just graduated from Bangladesh, Punjab, Bahama - you name it Medical School, eagerly awaits the pleasure of slicing you open whilst peering at full colour texts illustrating what to take out. Too bad all those texts (the good ones) will be in English and your 'doctor' won't be able to read them......
One paragraph is classic:
“In a second operation it (appendix) was finally removed, leaving Mr Wattson fearing another organ might have been taken out during the first procedure.”
Hey, parts are parts.
I don’t know if they can sue for gross negligence in the U.K., but you can bet that even under Obamacare, big lawsuits will still be part of the system. Lawyers and big Pharma are the two favored groups in Obamacare, so they get cut in on the action.
I don’t know if they can sue for gross negligence in the U.K., but you can bet that even under Obamacare, big lawsuits will still be part of the system. Lawyers and big Pharma are the two favored groups in Obamacare, so they get cut in on the action.
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Yes you can all medical people have to have insurance to cover being sued.
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