Comments on: Hospital takes a shot at a malpractice jury http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/hospital-takes-shot-at-malpractice-jury.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/hospital-takes-shot-at-malpractice-jury.html/comment-page-1#comment-87995 Anonymous Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/hospital-takes-a-shot-at-a-malpractice-jury.html#comment-87995 Two points: the verdict was under ten million, a little over 9 million. The higher figure quoted is only for interest, which can be avoided by settling. They should have settled here, because they did wrong.<br/><br/>It's not that she had cancer (ewings sarcoma), or that she had a complication from an unusual protocol she agreed to accept: its that they dismissed, refused to address a complication she complained of repeatedly, a gut infection which killed her. If they had investigated and treated her complaint appropriately, even if she had died there would be no verdict against the hospital.<br/><br/>Lesson: Denial is a powerful force even among trained professionals. Pay attention. Two points: the verdict was under ten million, a little over 9 million. The higher figure quoted is only for interest, which can be avoided by settling. They should have settled here, because they did wrong.

It’s not that she had cancer (ewings sarcoma), or that she had a complication from an unusual protocol she agreed to accept: its that they dismissed, refused to address a complication she complained of repeatedly, a gut infection which killed her. If they had investigated and treated her complaint appropriately, even if she had died there would be no verdict against the hospital.

Lesson: Denial is a powerful force even among trained professionals. Pay attention.

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