Compensating Mobility Losses Due to Negligent Cauda Equina Care
Compression of the cauda equina nerves at the base of the spine can ultimately lead to permanent and life-changing loss of mobility. Early recognition and emergency surgery are crucial to preventing the patient from suffering this distressing outcome.
The right to compensation
If negligent medical care causes the patient to suffer a poor long-term outcome they are legally entitled to claim compensation for the consequences of that negligence.
Where cauda equina syndrome is concerned, the disability can be severe and the financial losses, not to mention the practical and emotional implications, can be significant.
Where medical professionals have been at fault, a successful compensation claim will address the various ways in which the negligence has caused the patient to suffer. If they are no longer able to work or if their level of income has been reduced because of the difficulties they experience with their symptoms, the financial loss will be incorporated into the claim.
Likewise, if the patient's symptoms due to negligence have necessitated the input of personal care, the costs of such care can also be included in a claim. If the individual affected is suffering significant or total mobility losses, their need for personal care may be significant. They may even need their home to be altered to suit their new circumstances.
Negligent medical care
A compensation claim will only be successful if the relevant medical professionals are found to have been negligent, causing a delay in surgery to decompress the nerves in the spine, thus leading to a poor outcome.
A delay in the process of diagnosis, a misdiagnosis, a referral delay or a delay in arranging surgery or an MRI scan may all allow time for the patient's nerve to compression to worsen which may lead to a worse outcome.
Speak to a legal professional
Here at Glynns Solicitors we speak to the victims of cauda equina compression negligence on a daily basis. With a history of success in high-value claims, we are ideally placed to guide you through this complex process and negotiate the best settlement on your behalf.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
A careful analysis of the patient's medical records is essential in order to assess whether or not the medical professionals have provided only substandard care and, that being the case, whetehr that negligence caused the patient to suffer a worse outcome than would otherwise have been the case.
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