Acute Pancreatitis Negligence and Claiming Compensation
Severe acute pancreatitis can cause an array of life-changing consequences. If this terrible outcome is due to substandard medical care, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
The possible impact of severe acute pancreatitis
Although an individual with pancreatitis may sometimes need support in hospital, most people recover from this condition. Someone who experiences severe acute pancreatitis, however, may suffer appalling side-effects including the following:
- Kidney failure
- Sepsis and multiple organ failure
- Bowel dysfunction
- Necrosis of pancreatic tissue
- Necrosis of tissue elsewhere in the body requiring debridement (removal) of tissue
- Sight damage
As well as the inevitable physical and practical impact of such a shocking range of symptoms, the psychological effect of this degree of unanticipated disability can be extreme.
The individual affected may find that they are no longer able to work and have lost their independence, becoming dependant to some degree on personal care. Their entire quality of life may be detrimentally affected.
Medical negligence
Pancreatitis can be a product of substandard medical care, specifically in the treatment of gallstones and the bile duct. An ERCP procedure, unless meticulously undertaken, poses a risk to the pancreas, triggering severe acute pancreatitis and the potential attendant complications.
If substandard medical care has caused a patient to develop this life-threatening condition, a claim for compensation could be a helpful way forward.
A successful claim would not only address the issues of pain, suffering and the patient's loss of amenity, but would also take account of any financial losses, both past and future, caused by the negligence.
For example, if the patient was no longer able to work because of their on-going symptoms, their loss of income would be included in a claim for compensation.
Claiming compensation
However, compensation claims for medical negligence are extremely complex and require the skills of a specialist lawyer. In the first instance, your medical records would need to be assessed in order to judge the quality of your medical care, and a specialist solicitor would have access to the best medical experts who would carry out this task.
An experienced medical negligence solicitor would also have the expertise to negotiate with the Defendant in order to ensure that you achieve the best and fairest outcome, taking into account the ways in which the negligence has affected your life.
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