What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Incident was State of Louisiana)
Now live in Georgia:
1/17/99 patient was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia. Was in ICU for two weeks. While still in hospital patient had to have triple heart by pass surgery. Surgery was 2/1/99. On 2/7/99 patient was diagnosed with Staphylococcus Aureus. Treated for eight days with Vancomycin, and other antibiotics. Condition of patient continued to deteriorate on a daily basis.
Patient was unable to walk without assistance, nausea, no appetite, hyperventilating, and incohorent.
Heart surgeon continued to say he was fine, if he wants to get well he will.
Also stated, any illness he might have is all in his head.
With patient still in a debilitated state, he was discharged from the hospital on 2/20/99, with discharge summary stating "jock itch."
Was returned to hospital on 2/28/99 and was informed the STAPH had attached to sternum (breastbone) and surgery would be required. In fact three surgery's were performed, with one surgery involving the pectorlis major muscle's being pulled over the "massive open space eaten away by Staph.
We have been told this type Staph ( Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) can never be cured, only treated. And this has proven true, as six years later, the staph still recurs.
Patient has taken months and months of IV medications, with one session being IV three times per day, seven days a week for six weeks. Synercid was the antibiotic for that sessiion as he had developed an allergic reaction to Vancomycin.
Doctor gave patient a letter stating he was 100% disabled and he is still disabled to this date.
We did in fact file a law suit against the Doctor and the Hospital. Mainly the law suit was to focus on the standard of care and the negligence by the Doctor to treat patient in a timely manner after once diagnosed with Staph., instead of sending him home.
I can understand it is difficult to fight the system in proving staph acquired in a hospital, however, the standard of care should not be difficult to prove when there are medical documents to prove otherwise.
After four years, our attorney withdrew from the case. No logical reason given. Of course we were unable to locate a new attorney.
We filed our own evidence to the Medical Review Panel ( State of Louisiana requires a Medical Review Panel review evidence first)
After receiving their opinion, which of course was in favor of the Doctor and the hospital.
Medical Review Panel consisted of Doctors on STAFF at the hospital named in the suit. One doctor on the panel actually saw patient was he was in the hospital, and this is a clear violation of the rules and procedures for the panel.
The opinion by the Medical Review Panel was total in-correct information.
Example: Stated patient "returned to hospital" on 2-28-99 and was diagnosed with Staph infection. Actually the Staph was diagnosed 2/8/99 and due to not being treated properly was forced back in to the hospital on 2-28-99.
Each time after 2-28-99 that he received IV antibiotics, the session would last at four to six weeks. The first treatment 2/8/99 only lasted 8 days.
Also, in the State of Louisiana (perhaps other states) if a settlement is received after suit, then plaintiff MUST pay any oustanding medical bills.
In our case this was hundreds of thousands of dollars and not being able to locate another attorney., we simply withdrew our case from the legal system.
We are now writing (a book ) real names, real places, etc, etc. the entire book is based on FACT, as we have all Medical and Legal documents. Several people have ask if there might be libel involved in writing the book.
Actually there are many statements made within the legal opinion that are totally false regarding the incident.
My statements in the book are strictly based on the facts of the case and any quotes from the legal and/or medical opinion will be quoted exactly as written.
What would be the opinion of the forum, regarding libel.
One last statement would be in regards to the Medical Malpractice caps.
There will never be any reductions in the premiums for the medical profession until they demand a TRUE accounting from the insurance company's regarding ACTUAL CLAIMS PAID, AND ACTUAL PREMIUMS EARNED.
Most all insurance company's will include "incurred losses" and reserves set up for potential pay out of a claim. Reserves are "assets"
A very simple accounting of Loss Paid vs Premiums earned would give the medical profession a better look into how their premiums are calculated.
Doctors usually will not speak out against one another, however, it would be in their best interest if they would start speaking out and weed out the negligent doctors in this midst. These negligent physicians that have frequent claims filed against them, effect the entire medical field.
Doctors should also insist that they be rated for their insurance on an individual basis, in lieu of "class rated"
All OB-GYN doctors should not be lumped into one category, as in all professions, there will be some that are not as competent as others.
Caps have been in place (Louisiana) for many years, and the Doctors are still howling and screaming about their premiums. Until they take matters into their own hands and get behind their legislators to assist them in this matter, nothing will never change.
Most times a very small settlement will be made to a plaintiff. It is the frequency of claims filed that increase the premiums.
Insurance company can and will set up a reserve $1,000,000 and this will remain open for years and years, all the while they are showing it as a loss.
Finally they may actually pay $50,000 or $ 100,000 on the claim .
How many Doctors are actually contacting their legislators and trying to have their premiums reduced by going for the insurance company;s and their accounting???
Now live in Georgia:
1/17/99 patient was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia. Was in ICU for two weeks. While still in hospital patient had to have triple heart by pass surgery. Surgery was 2/1/99. On 2/7/99 patient was diagnosed with Staphylococcus Aureus. Treated for eight days with Vancomycin, and other antibiotics. Condition of patient continued to deteriorate on a daily basis.
Patient was unable to walk without assistance, nausea, no appetite, hyperventilating, and incohorent.
Heart surgeon continued to say he was fine, if he wants to get well he will.
Also stated, any illness he might have is all in his head.
With patient still in a debilitated state, he was discharged from the hospital on 2/20/99, with discharge summary stating "jock itch."
Was returned to hospital on 2/28/99 and was informed the STAPH had attached to sternum (breastbone) and surgery would be required. In fact three surgery's were performed, with one surgery involving the pectorlis major muscle's being pulled over the "massive open space eaten away by Staph.
We have been told this type Staph ( Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) can never be cured, only treated. And this has proven true, as six years later, the staph still recurs.
Patient has taken months and months of IV medications, with one session being IV three times per day, seven days a week for six weeks. Synercid was the antibiotic for that sessiion as he had developed an allergic reaction to Vancomycin.
Doctor gave patient a letter stating he was 100% disabled and he is still disabled to this date.
We did in fact file a law suit against the Doctor and the Hospital. Mainly the law suit was to focus on the standard of care and the negligence by the Doctor to treat patient in a timely manner after once diagnosed with Staph., instead of sending him home.
I can understand it is difficult to fight the system in proving staph acquired in a hospital, however, the standard of care should not be difficult to prove when there are medical documents to prove otherwise.
After four years, our attorney withdrew from the case. No logical reason given. Of course we were unable to locate a new attorney.
We filed our own evidence to the Medical Review Panel ( State of Louisiana requires a Medical Review Panel review evidence first)
After receiving their opinion, which of course was in favor of the Doctor and the hospital.
Medical Review Panel consisted of Doctors on STAFF at the hospital named in the suit. One doctor on the panel actually saw patient was he was in the hospital, and this is a clear violation of the rules and procedures for the panel.
The opinion by the Medical Review Panel was total in-correct information.
Example: Stated patient "returned to hospital" on 2-28-99 and was diagnosed with Staph infection. Actually the Staph was diagnosed 2/8/99 and due to not being treated properly was forced back in to the hospital on 2-28-99.
Each time after 2-28-99 that he received IV antibiotics, the session would last at four to six weeks. The first treatment 2/8/99 only lasted 8 days.
Also, in the State of Louisiana (perhaps other states) if a settlement is received after suit, then plaintiff MUST pay any oustanding medical bills.
In our case this was hundreds of thousands of dollars and not being able to locate another attorney., we simply withdrew our case from the legal system.
We are now writing (a book ) real names, real places, etc, etc. the entire book is based on FACT, as we have all Medical and Legal documents. Several people have ask if there might be libel involved in writing the book.
Actually there are many statements made within the legal opinion that are totally false regarding the incident.
My statements in the book are strictly based on the facts of the case and any quotes from the legal and/or medical opinion will be quoted exactly as written.
What would be the opinion of the forum, regarding libel.
One last statement would be in regards to the Medical Malpractice caps.
There will never be any reductions in the premiums for the medical profession until they demand a TRUE accounting from the insurance company's regarding ACTUAL CLAIMS PAID, AND ACTUAL PREMIUMS EARNED.
Most all insurance company's will include "incurred losses" and reserves set up for potential pay out of a claim. Reserves are "assets"
A very simple accounting of Loss Paid vs Premiums earned would give the medical profession a better look into how their premiums are calculated.
Doctors usually will not speak out against one another, however, it would be in their best interest if they would start speaking out and weed out the negligent doctors in this midst. These negligent physicians that have frequent claims filed against them, effect the entire medical field.
Doctors should also insist that they be rated for their insurance on an individual basis, in lieu of "class rated"
All OB-GYN doctors should not be lumped into one category, as in all professions, there will be some that are not as competent as others.
Caps have been in place (Louisiana) for many years, and the Doctors are still howling and screaming about their premiums. Until they take matters into their own hands and get behind their legislators to assist them in this matter, nothing will never change.
Most times a very small settlement will be made to a plaintiff. It is the frequency of claims filed that increase the premiums.
Insurance company can and will set up a reserve $1,000,000 and this will remain open for years and years, all the while they are showing it as a loss.
Finally they may actually pay $50,000 or $ 100,000 on the claim .
How many Doctors are actually contacting their legislators and trying to have their premiums reduced by going for the insurance company;s and their accounting???
