Necrotising Fasciitis Disability and Claiming Compensation
If you are struggling with severe disability due to negligent medical care of necrotising fasciitis, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
The threat of necrotising fasciitis
Without prompt, efficient and effective medical care, a necrotising fasciitis infection can cause devastating disability.
Although this terrible infection can affect any part of the body, it frequently commences in either the limbs or the abdomen. As a result, the impact of the destructive infection combined with the surgery necessary to treat it can leave a patient suffering from loss of mobility or loss of bowel function. In the case of fournier's gangrene, a specific form of necrotising fasciitis, the patient can suffer significant perineal and genital damage.
As well as the physical impact, the added psychological trauma experienced by many patients and long-term ill health can affect an individual's ability to work and earn an income. It may also cause an individual to require personal care.
Negligent medical care of necrotising fasciitis
If negligent or substandard medical care has affected a patient's long-term outcome from necrotising fasciitis, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
Medical care of this appalling illness needs to be utterly scrupulous:
- Recognition of the early possible symptoms of intense pain, redness, swelling and tenderness, possibly in the region of a cut or wound is crucial or a suspicion of the possible severity of the infection
- An understanding of the urgency associated with this virulent infection is key to a good outcome
- A willingness to refer a patient for immediate investigation may be the difference between life and death
- Competent surgery to remove all infected tissue is essential to halting the spread of the infection
Claiming compensation
If you have suffered a worse outcome following substandard medical care than would have been the case with an acceptable level of care, you are legally entitled to make a claim for compensation.
A successful compensation claim will take account of financial losses caused by the negligence. For example, if a misdiagnosis of necrotising fasciitis has led to a loss of mobility, a loss of employment and a reduced income, these financial losses would be included in the claim.
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