Delayed Treatment of Necrotising Fasciitis and Compensation for Disability
The long-term outcome after a necrotising fasciitis infection can be bleak. Speak to a legal specialist if medical professionals have failed in their quality of care.
A medical emergency
As a medical emergency, treatment for necrotising fasciitis needs to be commenced at the earliest possible moment. Treatment for this appalling soft-tissue infection requires the surgical removal of every bit of infected tissue. This is the only way to ensure that the infection will not spread. However, because this shocking infection travels swiftly, any delay in diagnosis and treatment will mean that a greater area of tissue will have been infected and a greater area of tissue will have to be removed.
Ultimately, delays in medical treatment mean greater scarring, deformity and disability.
If avoidable medical failings have contributed to this terrible outcome, the patient may be entitled to claim compensation for the consequences which would have been avoided with more timely care.
Unfortunately, the physical impact of necrotising fasciitis can be traumatic, sometimes necessitating the amputation of a full or partial limb. Where this infection affects other parts of the body, significant tissue loss can be experienced with associated loss of function. The life of the patient is sometimes at risk due to multiple organ failure.
The psychological impact can also be significant, with such devastating outcomes from soft-tissue infection in such a short time.
Medical negligence compensation claims
A successful compensation claim addresses the financial consequences of the medical negligence. In the case of necrotising fasciitis, the consequences can be debilitating, often reducing an individual's capacity to work, to travel, to carry out everyday tasks and rendering them reliant on care.
If you or a loved one are in just such distressing circumstances, speak to a specialist solicitor about the quality of your care and the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
Negligence on the part of medical professionals which may contribute to a poor outcome from necrotising fasciitis can include the following:
- A failure to carry out an examination
- A misdiagnosis of the patient's symptoms
- A failure to provide adequate treatment of an abscess
- A failure to make a timely referral to specialist services
- A delay in initiating treatment
Free specialist advice
If you think that you or a loved one have been the victim of negligence in relation to necrotising fasciitis, speak to a specialist solicitor as soon as possible to initiate the complex process of analysing the quality of your care.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive experience in necrotising fasciitis claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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