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do I have medical malpractice case?
Asked on Jun 05th, 2015 on Medical Malpractice - Illinois
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I gave birth last year May 15th 2014 to a baby girl. After birth, I was still having complications such as ongoing bleeding & serve pain. After going to an follow up visit on June 9, 2014. I explained to the doctor what was going with my body & he ordered a emergency ultrasound right then & the results was I still had after birth left inside. Now at this point, it had already set up infection & I had to have get an D&C done. Now after that was done, I still continue to bleed out & suffer from more pain. So, if I'm not mistaken, I went back for a follow-up on the 16th of June & the same thing was still going with my body. At this time, he ordered a laparotomy be done & after that was done, he said I had some scared tissue now. After that, everything went down hill in which resulted in me having a total of 6 to 7 surgeries, loss of blood in which I had to have 2 or 3 blood transfusions, loss of weight,now I can't have any more children because I had to have a hysterectomy after words.
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Retained placenta can be the result of negligent care and it sounds like all of this has significantly impacted your life, so you should contact a medical malpractice lawyer who can secure the pertinent records and investigate a case.
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Answered on Jun 06th, 2015 at 8:21 AM