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:282347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
