Necrotising Fasciitis, Medical Negligence and How to Make a Claim
Necrotising fasciitis is a disabling and sometimes life-threatening infection. The long-term impact can be severe and the speed with which the infection spreads through the body means both that the threat to the patient is significant and that the need for timely medical intervention is crucial to the best patient outcome.
Necrotising fasciitis and medical negligence
This appalling illness is not necessarily evidence of medical negligence. Occasionally, it may result from negligence during a surgical procedure but the relevant causative bacteria can enter into the body through a cut or graze, causing the decay of all the tissue which it infects.
Where medical negligence is sometimes found to have occurred and to have caused a deterioration in the patient’s long-term quality of life is when the response to the infection is substandard.
The following are examples of where negligent medical care may cause a delay in the patient accessing appropriate care, thereby suffering a worsening of their infection and its impact:
- Their medical professional does not carry out an examination, thereby missing symptoms and leading to a misdiagnosis
- Their medical professional fails to recognise that the symptoms which the patient is exhibiting may be indicative of a necrotising fasciitis infection
- Their medical professional may fail to understand the urgency of the situation and the horrific impact which a necrotising fasciitis infection can have on the life of the patient
- The referral for specialist intervention is delayed
- Monitoring of a post-operative patient is inadequate, leading to a delay in diagnosis
How to make a claim
Before a claim can be lodged with a court, an investigation into the patient’s medical care is necessary to identify whether they have been the victim of negligent medical care and, if so, what the impact of that has been on the patient’s long-term outcome.
For some patients, their outcome may include scarring, deformity, organ damage, loss of mobility and, sadly, sometimes even the death of the patient.
Even where they survive, their health and well-being may be severely undermined, their ability to work may be compromised and they may even need some degree of care or treatment in order to manage their symptoms.
A specialist solicitor will be able to carry out the necessary investigations and assess the impact on the patient’s health and life.
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Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of highly experienced lawyers and a history of success in necrotising fasciitis claims.
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