Disability Claims and Necrotising Fasciitis Negligence
If you are struggling with significant disability due to negligent medical care of a necrotising fasciitis infection, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact Glynns Solicitors to talk to a specialist solicitor.
Disability and necrotising fasciitis
The degree of disability which is often associated with a necrotising fasciitis infection can be both shocking and utterly lifechanging. Unfortunately, the longer diagnosis and treatment are delayed, the worse outcome the patient is likely to suffer.
At its most extreme, a patient with necrotising fasciitis may require more than one amputation. Often commencing in the limbs, this appalling and swift moving infection can devastate the patient's body within a matter of days.
Where medical professionals had an opportunity to minimise such a terrible outcome with an earlier diagnosis and prompt treatment, but failed to do so, they may be regarded as having acted negligently and it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
With necrotising fasciitis also sometimes starting in the abdomen or around the perineum, the patient may suffer abdominal organ damage and function loss relating to the bowel, as well as scarring and deformity.
The psychological damage which this virulent illness can produce can be equally lifechanging.
Consequences and compensation
Not surprisingly, a patient's quality of life can be severely restricted by the longterm consequences of this soft tissue infection. It is quite possible that the patient will no longer be able to undertake their former employment and may possibly not be able to work at all.
Their longterm health and wellbeing may be compromised. They may require significant personal care.
If this distressing outcome is the result of negligent medical care, you may wish to consider making a claim for compensation. A successful compensation claim will take account of the patient's financial losses, such as a loss of income or the costs of care.
Examples of negligence would include a failure to carry out an examination, a failure to recognise the possible symptoms and urgency of necrotising fasciitis, a delay in making a referral and a delay in initiating debridement surgery once a diagnosis is suspected. All of the above could well allow the infection an opportunity to spread, causing the patient to suffer more than would otherwise have been the case.
Speak to a specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of highly experienced specialist lawyers.
Contact us today to speak with a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for the consequences of necrotising fasciitis negligence.
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