Claiming for Financial Losses After Necrotising Fasciitis Negligence
Speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor if you or a loved one are facing the challenges of a necrotising fasciitis infection due to negligent medical care.
Necrotising fasciitis impact
Necrotising fasciitis can be an utterly devastating illness. A formerly healthy individual can find that their physical integrity is completely undermined by the ravages of this appalling soft-tissue infection. Scarring, deformity and severe disability can follow a diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis.
The infection is destructive of the patient's tissue and the only treatment is the surgical removal of all infected tissue. This may ultimately involve significant areas of the patient's body including a limb. It may also affect the integrity and function of the bowel.
The long-term negative impact on the patient's health, ability to function effectively, their mobility and their psychological and cognitive function can be dramatic.
The financial impact both in terms of income losses but also in terms of the costs of care or rehabilitation and support can be considerable.
Those financial losses and costs can be recovered through a successful compensation claim if tit is found that the patient's long-term outcome has been adversely affected by the role of negligent medical care.
Medical negligence in the management of a necrotising fasciitis infection
Negligent medical care in relation to necrotising fasciitis can include:
- a failure to monitor a post-operative patient
- a failure to recognise the significance of the patient's symptoms
- a failure of examination
- a failure to make a suitably timed referral which may have been required as a matter of emergency
- a delay in the initiation of treatment
Due to the virulence of this shocking illness, a delay caused by any of these failures can leave the patient struggling with appalling and permanent disability and distress.
Claiming for financial losses
If you suspect that you or a loved one have been the victim of negligent medical care, causing you to suffer symptoms and financial losses which would not have been the case with an acceptable level of care, contact a specialist solicitor as soon as possible.
They will need to carry out an investigation into the quality of your care before they can commence a claim on your behalf. They will obtain copies of your medical records and identify whether or not your poor outcome has been influenced by negligent medical care.
If so, your financial losses will be assessed. This could include your loss of earnings where this is appropriate as well as any costs of care, treatment and equipment insofar as it has been necessitated by the impact of the negligence.
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Contact Glynns Solicitors, specialists in medical negligence law, to talk to a solicitor today, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
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