I am not sure if I buy that. I mean, you can sue a police officer and they work for the government. If it true you cannot sue a doctor becasue they work for the gov't then I think that needs to be revisted becasue giving doctors and nurses a free pass becasue they work for the gov't is just bullshit.
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > We were having a discussion about a bad diagnosis, improper care of acute > back pain, improper dosage of medicine for other conditions, etc. > > Another was a case where an IV drip that was administered, took 6 hours for > 2 bags, 3 hours per bag, yet if they only had one bag for the day, then the > nurse slowed the drip down so it took 4 hours, and stated because they got > paid by the hour on the administering the drip. Little things like that. > > So the general consensus was too bad, so sad, the doctors were paid by the > government, therefore untouchable. > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > in general you cannot sue the government for negligance. Medical > > malpractice may be a special case but the negligance would definitely > > have to be even more egregious than the already-high standard. > > > > Bad outcomes do not prove malpractice. The doctor has to have provably > > made a mistake and, this is important, it has to be a mistake most > > doctors would not have made. > > > > Note -- I am not a lawyer and this is not a legal opinion. However I > > was given something very close to the above answer from a couple of > > actual lawyers when I asked a similar question about a county > > hospital. > > > > hope that helps > > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > General Question .... if you go to a VA hospital, and they are > negligible > > > .... can you sue them for malpractice? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
