Compensation for Necrotising Soft-tissue Infection
A necrotising soft-tissue infection is a medical emergency and can prove fatal without prompt medical attention. If you or a loved one are struggling with the impact of necrotising fasciitis due to poor-quality medical care, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
Soft-tissue infections
A necrotising infection is one which causes the body's tissue to decay and die. Necrotising fasciitis affects the body's deep, soft tissue in this way. Furthermore, as it spreads through the body rapidly, it continues to cause tissue necrosis, putting the patient at risk of multiple organ failure. Early diagnosis and emergency surgical debridement of all infected tissue in the body is essential if the patient is to survive.
Although necrotising fasciitis is associated with a high mortality rate, prompt treatment can enable a patient to survive. Again, timing is of the essence:
- Early diagnosis and treatment will reduce the risk of death from the infection
- Early treatment will reduce the long-term impact of scarring and deformity
- Early treatment will reduce the risk the risk of limb loss due to extensive infection
- Early treatment will reduce the amount of surgery the patient will have to endure and reduce the recovery time and dependency on intensive care
Medical negligence and necrotising fasciitis
Developing necrotising fasciitis is not necessarily an indication of poor medical care unless this has contributed to the patient's risk. However, if medical professionals have the opportunity to diagnose, or at least suspect a diagnosis of, necrotising fasciitis at an early stage of its development and fail to do so, leaving the patient to suffer a poor long-term outcome, they may be regarded as having provided substandard care.
If a patient suffers significant damage and long-term losses due to negligent medical care, they are entitled to claim compensation. If, for example, a patient is rendered unable to work because negligent medical care caused them to suffer extreme disability, it might be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
If you have suffered the death of a loved one on whom you were financially dependent, again due to medical negligence, it may be possible to make a claim for compensation.
Speak to a legal specialist
If you or a loved one are struggling with the long-term impact of delayed diagnosis of necrotising fasciitis, contact Glynns Solicitors. We are a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with extensive expertise in necrotising fasciitis claims.
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