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I had my son on April29,2014 at Wellstar in Austell,Ga.He was born with an eye condition called Peter's Anomoly.I continuosly told the staff something was in my son's eye.They blew me off each time saying it would clear up in a few days.I told them to please take a look noone did. This condition should've been noted at birth.His discharge papers stated they tested his eyes and got a red reflex.When in reality he doesn't have a reflex in his left eye. I feel as though they falsified his medical records.They neglected to test him for blindness or eye defiencies as they are supposed to.They probably billed my insurance for these tests.I just want them to be held accountable for neglect.
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The failure to diagnose the condition may or may not have been negligence, depending on how prominant the symptoms were. I think the real question in the case is whether the delay in diagnosing the condition caused additional damagem because as you are no doubt aware, it is a congenital condition that can result in significant low vision even when it is timely diagnosed.
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Answered on Feb 16th, 2015 at 9:20 AM