Compensation for Negligent Spinal Nerve Damage
Nerve damage caused by negligent surgery can justify a claim for compensation for the impact on the individual affected by this shocking outcome.
Life changing nerve damage
The health, safety and integrity of the nerves which run through the spinal cord are essential to effective human function. The nerves carry messages of sensation from around the body to the brain, enabling human beings to respond to stimuli both inside and outside the body. In addition, the nerves carry the brain's instructions to the body of how and when to function, enervating movement.
If a nerve is damaged, its ability to carry out these functions can be compromised, leaving the individual to suffer some degree of impairment in their function. Depending on the severity and location of the nerve damage, the type of function loss or impairment suffered could include the following:
- Loss of mobility
- Loss of bowel control
- Loss of bladder control
- Loss of dexterity and co-ordination
- Loss of sight
- Loss of sensation
- Loss of sexual function
- Loss of ankle reflex
Quality of life impact
The long term impact of such appalling function loss can have a dramatic physical, practical, psychological and financial impact on the individual affected.
Without mobility or sight, or suffering from incontinence, a person may find that they are no longer able to work, or are restricted in the type of work they can undertake or can only manage limited hours of work. All these scenarios could result in a significant loss of income which should be recoverable within a successful compensation claim if it can be proven that the losses have been caused by negligent medical care.
Issues of care or the need for altered accommodation can also be addressed within a claim for compensation where this outcome is attributed to the negligence.
Speak to a legal specialist
The assessment of medical negligence and the nature and extent of its impact on an individual is a highly complex process and requires the skill of an expert in this niche field of law.
If you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent surgical care, affecting nerve function, contact Glynns Solicitors, specialist in medical negligence compensation.
One of our team of experienced lawyers will be very happy to speak with you, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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