Disabling Soft-tissue Infection and When to Claim Compensation
If you or a loved one are struggling with the long-term consequences of a necrotising fasciitis soft-tissue infection due to negligent medical care, talk to a legal specialist about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
Disability and necrotising fasciitis
The speed and destructive nature of a necrotising fasciitis infection is difficult to imagine. The extent to which it can destroy considerable areas of bodily tissue and threaten the patient with abdominal damage, bowel dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, multiple organ failure and even limb amputation is shocking.
The long-term health and well-being of the patient can be utterly and permanent undermined. Their ability to function independently, their ability to work and their ability to carry out numerous forms of activity can be denied them.
The associated financial losses such as loss of income can be significant and the additional financial costs required to support eh individual's quality of life can be considerable. They may require personal care as well as additional treatment and equipment in order to establish some degree of normality.
The psychological impact can be dramatic, further compromising the individual's ability to come to terms with their new, distressing and unexpected circumstances.
When to claim compensation
Swift, knowledgeable and competent medical care is essential to minimise the impact on the patient of this shocking illness.
If medical professionals delay in their response to the possible signs and symptoms of this terrible infection or even fail to recognise or suspect the possible symptoms, they may be regarded as having provided only substandard care and it may be appropriate for the patient to make a claim for compensation for the consequences of that negligence.
If a patient suffers a poor long-term outcome due to negligent medical care, they are legally entitled to claim compensation for the effects insofar as they have been caused by the negligence.
For example, if a delay in diagnosis and referral causes the patient to suffer such debilitating injuries that they can now only work part-time, their financial losses could be included in a claim.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in complex, high-value necrotising fasciitis claims.
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