http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30999530/ Summary: A woman with a history of kidney stones goes into a hospital with symptoms of having a kidney stone, and gets all 4 of her limbs amputated. She sued the hospital, but lost the case. The judge is calling for a new trial.
I hope they lose their licenses. Psycho hospital, huh. I would become a Cyborg, fit a machine gun in my right arm, fit a chainsaw in my left, and have metal claws that could transform from gun and saw to hands or claws, and also probably the ability to sprout hundreds of tentacles brimming with energy from my back. Than i raze the hospital to the ground for what they did to my arms and legs, but then again, who wouldn't?
I hope they lose their licenses. Psycho hospital, huh. I would become a Cyborg, fit a machine gun in my right arm, fit a chainsaw in my left, and have metal claws that could transform from gun and saw to hands or claws, and also probably the ability to sprout hundreds of tentacles brimming with energy from my back. Than i raze the hospital to the ground for what they did to my arms and legs, but then again, who wouldn't?
theta-omega
I wouldn't mind if they cut off my arms so long as they paid for those things.
wow this article scares me, this could happen to anyone.. this is like the most rediculous mistake ive ever heard, its something youd see zoidberg do on futurama ( like sowing heads on backwards exc..)
I hope they lose their licenses. Psycho hospital, huh.I would replace my arms with cyber limbs with metal claws at the ends, the right claw of which could transform into a machine guns, and the left a chainsaw, and then i would replace my legs with mechanical appendages with jets on the end, and also probably install a device which would let me sprout hundreds of tentacles brimming with energy from my back. Then i would raze the hospital to the ground for what they did to my arms and legs, but then again, who wouldn't?
theta-omega
Sorry, had to fix the errors, that was written rather quickly, and that really is a shame that that happened to her, wonder why she lost the case.
The title make it seem like more of a mixup than it was. She was only misdiagnosed to having acute cholecystitis instead of a kidney stone, TBH she should have gone into hospital as soon as parts of her body started turning black, as her limbs had already died by the time she went back amputation was the only solution.
wow this article scares me, this could happen to anyone.. this is like the most rediculous mistake ive ever heard, its something youd see zoidberg do on futurama ( like sowing heads on backwards exc..)nimatoad2000
It's not that ridiculous just one of the doctors forgot to write down that it was probably a kidney stone
[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]wow this article scares me, this could happen to anyone.. this is like the most rediculous mistake ive ever heard, its something youd see zoidberg do on futurama ( like sowing heads on backwards exc..)markop2003
It's not that ridiculous just one of the doctors forgot to write down that it was probably a kidney stoneMore like the Doctor got the files mixed up. Not seeing kidney stones on the paperwork does not mean cut of limbs. :|
[QUOTE="markop2003"][QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]wow this article scares me, this could happen to anyone.. this is like the most rediculous mistake ive ever heard, its something youd see zoidberg do on futurama ( like sowing heads on backwards exc..)Pirate700
It's not that ridiculous just one of the doctors forgot to write down that it was probably a kidney stoneMore like the Doctor got the files mixed up. Not seeing kidney stones on the paperwork does not mean cut of limbs. :| Erm..... her limbs were dead when they were amputated, they'ld turned balck by the time she went back to hospital....
[QUOTE="markop2003"] It's not that ridiculous just one of the doctors forgot to write down that it was probably a kidney stonemarkop2003
More like the Doctor got the files mixed up. Not seeing kidney stones on the paperwork does not mean cut of limbs. :| Erm..... her limbs were dead when they were amputated, they'ld turned balck by the time she went back to hospital.... yup.. doctors miscommunicated the fact that she had kidney stones so they performed surgery for something else and didn't remove the stones.. she got all infected and it destroyed her limbs which needed to be removed.
I'm not sure what to think about this. A jury already ruled against her... and then the judge says "screw the jury; their decision was wrong and I want a new trial". That just doesn't feel right.
I wish mopre people woudl read the article instead of just basing their posts off the title. She didn't go in for kidney stone removal and they immediately cut off her limbs. What happened was she went in for kidney stone removal, it was diagnosed as soemthign else, after she was released the flow of blood stopped to he rlimbs so she basically got frostbite and she had to go in and get her limbs amputated due to that. IT was a misdiagnosed thing not the horrible accident you're all making it out to be.
I'm not sure what to think about this. A jury already ruled against her... and then the judge says "screw the jury; their decision was wrong and I want a new trial". That just doesn't feel right.
Oleg_Huzwog
yeah, i didn't know judges had that power.. but what happens if you happen to get a particularly stupid jury... then you're screwed.
[QUOTE="markop2003"] It's not that ridiculous just one of the doctors forgot to write down that it was probably a kidney stonemarkop2003
More like the Doctor got the files mixed up. Not seeing kidney stones on the paperwork does not mean cut of limbs. :| Erm..... her limbs were dead when they were amputated, they'ld turned balck by the time she went back to hospital.... Yeah, it's not like she walked into the hospital perfectly fine and had her limbs removed. The doctors just failed to do anything to treat her until they amputated her limbs. Which is negligence not a mix up really.
At first it sounds like she went in for her kidney stone and instead of taking care of that they cut off her arms and legs, but that's not actually what happened. She went it with a kidney stone and it was misdiagnosed and left untreated, which resulted in an infection which made the amputations necessary. They didn't remove her limbs for no reason.
I'm not sure what to think about this. A jury already ruled against her... and then the judge says "screw the jury; their decision was wrong and I want a new trial". That just doesn't feel right.
comp_atkins
yeah, i didn't know judges had that power.. but what happens if you happen to get a particularly stupid jury... then you're screwed.
There are processes for appeals, yes? What's the point of a trial by jury if the jury's decision can be casually tossed out?
"So honey, what did you do today?" "Oh, I was fired for cutting off some chick's arms and legs when all I needed to do was take out a kidney stone." That should happen.
Disturbing, but I'm more bothered by the judge's decision to negate the jury's verdict.... Why bother using a jury if you're just going to throw their opinions away? Why does he feel he knows more as a single person than they as a collective group do?
I'm not sure what to think about this. A jury already ruled against her... and then the judge says "screw the jury; their decision was wrong and I want a new trial". That just doesn't feel right.
Oleg_Huzwog
yeah, i didn't know judges had that power.. but what happens if you happen to get a particularly stupid jury... then you're screwed.
There are processes for appeals, yes? What's the point of a trial by jury if the jury's decision can be casually tossed out?
I do believe that Judges have always had that power if they deem the Juries decision as absurd but they don't exercise that power often.
[QUOTE="Pyro767"]"So honey, what did you do today?" "Oh, I was fired for cutting off some chick's arms and legs when all I needed to do was take out a kidney stone." That should happen. You obviously didn't read it carefully enough, she was misdiagnosed and her limbs died due to her illness. The rest of her would have died due to the toxins produced by the dead limbs if they weren't amputated.
I'm guessing this happened at Memorial? I know the ER physician in this case. I've worked with her. She's not negligent or incompetent.
This sounds more like a screw up on the internist's part. It sounds like he didn't listen to her or understand the urgency of the case and made a misdiagnosis.
The title make it seem like more of a mixup than it was. She was only misdiagnosed to having acute cholecystitis instead of a kidney stone, TBH she should have gone into hospital as soon as parts of her body started turning black, as her limbs had already died by the time she went back amputation was the only solution.markop2003
Word. Hate to be the jerk here, but I kind of agree with a jury. If you're losing feeling in your limbs for a straight month, GO TO THE DOCTOR. Then she'd probably still have limbs...
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