Income Losses and Necrotising Fasciitis Medical Negligence
Income losses can be a major part of a successful compensation claim and necrotising fasciitis can severely undermine an individual's capacity to work.
The right to compensation
As a matter of principle, if a patient suffers a poor outcome following negligent or substandard medical care, they are legally entitled to claim compensation for the impact of the negligence.
This would include any loss of earnings, both past and future, insofar as it has been caused by the negligent care.
Where a necrotising fasciitis infection is concerned, the level of disability experienced and the loss of earnings suffered can be considerable.
Necrotising fasciitis and loss of earnings
A necrotising fasciitis infection can spread rapidly through the body. Often commencing in the abdomen or in the legs, this appalling and destructive infection can sometimes result in the loss of one or more limbs or significant bowel damage as well as devastating deformity and psychological distress.
Not surprisingly, this can often affect a person's capacity to work. They may find that they can no longer pursue their former career at all. They may have to work shorter hours or they may be unable to work at all.
The impact on a person's income can be catastrophic. The prospect that this financial loss may last a lifetime can be extremely distressing and completely undermine a person's quality of life and their plans for the future.
Making a claim for compensation
If this terrible outcome has been caused, in full or in part, by negligence on the part of the patient's medical professionals, it should be possible to recover those financial losses.
Necrotising fasciitis is a time-sensitive illness. The patient's condition can worsen rapidly and dramatically over a few days, ultimately threatening their life.
Early diagnosis and surgical debridement of all infected tissue is crucial to the best outcome and, in some cases, to the patient's very survival.
A failure by a medical professional which causes a life-changing delay in the patient's diagnosis may justify a claim for compensation.
Examples of negligent acts could include a failure of examination, a failure to recognise possible symptoms of necrotising fasciitis and a failure or delay in referring the patient to specialist services.
Speak to a legal specialist
Compensation claims for medical negligence are highly complex and require the attention of an experienced lawyer who specialises in this niche area of the law.
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a team of lawyers, all of whom offer extensive expertise in this complicated legal process.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of recovering your lost income following negligent care of a necrotising fasciitis infection.
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