Necrotising Fasciitis Compensation For Delayed Care
If your treatment for necrotising fasciitis was delayed due to medical negligence, contact Glynns Solicitors to discuss the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
The importance of prompt treatment
A delay in the initiation of medical care for necrotising fasciitis can result in a lifetime of disability, and in some cases allow the patient's condition to deteriorate to the point of multiple organ failure and death.
Such is the impact of a necrotising fasciitis infection that any delay in diagnosis and surgery is likely to bring about a worse outcome for the patient. As a progressive infection causing tissue decay, the longer treatment is delayed, the more the infection will spread. This means, not only that a greater area of the body's tissue will have suffered due to the infection but also that, once treatment in the form of debridement surgery is commenced, even greater areas of tissue will need to be removed. This is the only way in which necrotising fasciitis can be combatted; by the removal of all infected tissue. In some circumstances, where a limb has been severely impacted by the infection, a full or partial limb may need to be removed.
At best, a necrotising fasciitis patient will be left with significant scarring. However, if care is delayed, the degree of tissue loss may cause deformity and disability, rendering the patient dependent on care and unable to work.
Financial losses
If a patient suffers financial losses, such as a reduced income, due to negligent medical care, they are legally entitled to make a claim for compensation.
A successful compensation claim should return the patient to the financial situation they would have experienced had the negligence not occurred.
For a claim to succeed, it must be evident that negligence or a breach of duty actually occurred and that the negligence is the cause of the symptoms and effects which the patient is now suffering. The patient's compensation is valued in relation to the impact of those symptoms.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of experienced lawyers, all of whom offer significant expertise in this complicated field of law.
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