My wife went to an urgent care center last year with headaches
3 times. The first time they gave a higher dose ibuprofen 800mg. The second
time she went back almost two weeks later with the same symptoms (extreme
headache, nauseous, light headed, and pain on one side of the body) they have
her a shot that was supposed to help with the headache and more medicine for
the upset stomach. That doctor said if the problem pros it he would recommend
seeing a specialist. The next week it was worse we went back into the urgent
care center and again saw a different doctor. He gave her a similar shot and
again gave more ibuprofen and when we asked about seeing a neurologist, he kind
of laughed and said if you make an appointment for one now it will be 6 months
till you get to see one. It was the very next day my wife woke up and
collapsed. She was taken to the emergency room (different hospital) and they
did a MRI were they found something in her head. Not having a neurologist, they
sent her to another hospital 30 miles away. Once there they found out she was
bleeding in her head and had an arterial venous malformation deep in her brain
that had been bleeding and that blood was causing the extra pressure in her
head. The injuries she had were very serious and life threatening. She was in
the surgical intensive care unit for 6 days and recovery for 3 more days, we
had to go back at a later date for gamma-knife radio surgery. I fell like the
first hospital is responsible for not doing anything over the course of a month
causing pain/ suffering the both of us and not doing anything before it got as
bad as it did.
ANSWER:
Luckily, your wife eventually received the proper diagnosis and care. Unfortunately, the delay in diagnosis is difficult to estimate jury damages. Only when a delay in diagnosis results in a lost chance of recovery and a worse outcome occurs is a lawsuit justified.
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