QUESTION
Not told I tested positive for MRSA
Asked on Mar 06th, 2016 on Medical Malpractice - Tennessee
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I was admitted to Blount Memorial through the ER on 2/17/16 with severe abdominal pain on left side, what felt like a blockage in my esophagus, heart palpitations, heaviness on chest and sever back spasms with pain. Out of all the many test the did a nasal swab for MRSA. Everyone doubled gowned, double gloves standard procedure until the test results came in. A few hours later they stopped these procedures so I assumed all was well in that area. I was dismissed with follow up visits with a gastro doc and my pc doctor. I had a colonoscopy a week later with biopsies. The week later my pc is reviewing my hospital records and notices abnormalities in my white cell count and after readin further the MRSA was positive. There was no mention of this in my discharge papers and no treatment started. We had no knowledge of this during my colonoscopy. I have talked with many medical professionals and they all say this was gross negligence, of course off record. Where does this leave me?
1 ANSWER
In order to have any kind of legal action against the health care providers, the failure to diagnose does not give rise to a lawsuit unless you can prove that you suffered additional damages because of the failure to diagnose the MRSA. You also have to have the testimony of experts who are willing to "on the record".
Answered on Mar 06th, 2016 at 8:49 PM