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IS THIS A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE?
On a thursday morning I got 40 degree celsius fever, I had a hard time dealing with it since the meds I took did not have any effects. I proceeded to the doctor and I was with my mom to have a check up and the doctor said it cannot be diagnosed as early as the first day of fever but i decided to rest inside the hospital to get monitored time by time so they admitted me and got me CHECKED ON COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT everything was normal. And he told me he's going to be out of town by saturday and be back on monday morning and I was left by a resident physician. So by friday, I still have the fever and headache. On saturday, I had fever of 39 degrees, headache, very aching stomach it hardened as well and every time I move it hurts like hell! and i feel nauseated and I pooped every hour! without even eating anything coz I lost my appetite. On the same day, saturday, I undergo XRAY. I felt the same way until Monday came in, I had an ultrasound and it said CHOLECYSTISIS. My doctor came in for morning rounds after the ultrasound result and told me he has to operate me in the afternoon and get my gal bladder! In my trust I said okay. No lab tests since thursday! I got operated he got my gal bladder because it was swolen but no gal stones, got my appendix without my consent he said it was affected as well. On that 3-hour operation I bled, why? my platelet was 31 so after they finished they put on a blood bag on my tummy for the discharge. What happened was the diagnosis should have been DENGUE, mosquito-bite caused it. After two days he came back to me saying to reopen because he needs to attend to my bleeding problem inside. So I was like, oh gosh I know I'm dying help me. I just prayed and it went well. In short, he misdiagnosed me... Did not take lab test before operation but only once and that was on the day I was admitted. I got operated, TWICE. I don't know if this can be filed a case. I'm depressed but still praying and thanking I am alive. I got 13 bags of blood transfused to me. =(
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Here's the thing about medicine, although it may seem we have the proper technology to determine the illness that resides within you, it is not 100% accurate, for doctors don't simply just focus on one patient. Now here's where I get pretty one-sided pissed.
Many doctors don't observe, examine, eliminate possibilities, interrogate, or take their time to actually figure it out. They just cut you open and hope it's nothing too serious.
But this is one-sided. I can't speak for the doctors' side because I, myself, have never first hand experienced such big responsibility.