Doctor Negligence Allows Wound to Heal with Glass Inside...

by Cody
(Kinder, Louisiana)

I was fixing a big hole in a glass window. I stuck my hand through to remove the excess glass and some glass fell and cut my wrist wide open. I went to the hospital and they looked at my wrist. They just covered my arm, and they told me to try a different hospital saying the other hospital would be waiting for me to go into surgery.

When I got there, I stayed for two days and all they did was check my blood pressure. I left and then I was experiencing flame-like pain in my wrist (after the wound had closed without having the surgery).

So I went back to the hospital and told them I had a lot of pain. They gave me an x-ray and come to find out I had a big chunk of glass still in my wrist with little shards all around it.

Should I be eligible for an injury settlement since the doctors didn't do their job adequately?

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ANSWER for "Doctor Negligence Allows Wound to Heal with Glass Inside...":

Cody (Kinder, Louisiana):

From outward appearances it would seem someone made a very serious mistake. There is no medical excuse we know of for a medical team of doctors and nurses to have left a piece of glass in your arm.

From the facts you present it would appear you did not in any manner engage in any activity which would have contributed to the doctors having left a piece of glass in your arm.

The additional and unnecessary pain and suffering you unnecessarily endured should be compensable. In addition, the reopeneing of your arm may result in unnecessary scarring.

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There are other cases in which we strongly urge our readers to seek the immediate advice and counsel of a skilled Personal Injury Attorney. Most of these Attorneys do not charge any fee for an initial office consultation.

We urge you to seek out an experienced medical malpractice attorney so you can be made aware of your rights, and your legal options. In the interim we suggest you take no independent action against the doctors or hospitals.

It's possible when the doctors found the piece of glass left in your arm they immediately notified the hospital administration, who in turn referred the matter to their insurance company.

Doing so is not an admission of liability. Reporting the incident is normally done in an abundance of caution. If that was the case, you may be receiving a call from the hospital’s insurance company representative, commonly referred to as a Claims Adjuster.

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