New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog

A 31 year old woman diagnosed with cancer has recently been awarded compensation for medical negligence as indicated by a judge. The suit was filed against NHS healthcare trusts for failing to screen the cancer test successfully. This has been a very high profile case which has drawn attention from all around the world.

The patient alleges that the hospital trusts in Glasgow and Clyde made mistakes when the smear test report was analyzed. She attended regular smear tests, and in 2005 one showed no signs of cancer at any stage. However, in 2008 another smear test was conducted in Geneva which showed the patient was suffering from cervix cancer.

The cervix cancer was at a very advanced stage. This means that the test in 2005 should have shown the early signs of cancer. If it was detected at this stage then the treatment options would have been much less complicated and invasive. The delay in detecting and treating the cancer also exposed the patient to a risk of the cancer spreading; fortunately in this case it doesn’t seem to of happened.

The patient blamed the NHS trust for not correctly identifying the cancer and starting treatment. She filed a claim for £5 million in compensation for the mistake explains the report.

The NHS trust in the area is thought to of admitted the medical mistake. It is thought that if the cancer was found earlier on then it would have been much easier to treat the cancer. This means that she would not need a complete hysterectomy to remove the cancerous growth. This blunder has been a nightmare for the patient who now requires regular medical checkup to ensure she is not suffering from cancer. It would be a nightmare for hospitals in Queens and Staten Island if this happened to them.

Although the £5 million compensation was not offered, the patient was offered an interim compensation of £150,000. This is to help her continue with her radiology treatment due to a lack of finances. After this round of treatment then it is expected that the case will continue until a final amount of compensation is agreed.

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A reporter was quick to point out that a Federal Judge permitted a legal motion to add a medical malpractice claim to one filed against the country Sheriff, the county and other jailers of a wrongful death case.

“The Judge made her ruling and granted permission for changes to the filed complaint,” said a media representative to an advocate .

The defendant’s sister filed a lawsuit against the county Sheriff, the jail nurse and the county for a wrongful death claim. The defendant died at a hospital after he suffered a heart attack in jail where he was incarcerated. The sister of the defendant felt that her brother was misdiagnosed and did not receive the medical care that he should to save his life.

An expert who deals with cases like this in Staten Island and Westchester agrees that the defendant’s family has every right to seek full retribution for the brother’s wrongful death. Apparently, the county was in opposition of the motion that the Judge permitted, but they were quick to withdraw their resistance when the sister of the defendant filed a modified complaint and a sworn statement supplementing what she had already submitted.

The modified claim suggested that the jail nurse was in violation of the appropriate medical standard of treatment by not allowing the deceased to do a follow up doctor’s visit when his condition began to deteriorate. The claim also added that it was the County that was responsible for the way that the nurse behaved. Of course, the County has denied such claims.

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Dr. Gilbert Lederman had heavily advertised his medical treatments for cancer on infomercials in Italy. He spoke about his fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery, which is an option for patients who have inoperable cancer. The radiation, received over a period of days, does not cure the cancer, but instead mutates the DNA enough so it cannot hold water cells or reproduce anymore. Guiseppa Bono was one of his patients. She contacted him after seeing his infomercial. She was then screened by Salvatore Conte, and told she was a candidate for treatment. Bono flew from Italy to Staten Island University Hospital, located at 475 Seaview Avenue Staten Island, NY 10305, for treatment. She received radiation treatment from two doctors before leaving to go home to Italy. Sadly, Bono passed away a year later reports a NYC Medical Malpractice Lawyer.
It was later found out that Conte was not a medical doctor, and argued that Lederman should not have been using him to screen potential patients. Lederman is allegedly also claimed to treat George Harrison, as a way to attract clients and boost his own medical reputation. They also claim Lederman never tested to see if she actually had cancer before administering the radiation treatment to Bono. After receiving two treatments, Bono went back to Italy. Unfortunately, she passed away a year later. Evidence suggests that she did not suffer from pancreatic cancer, but from an inflammation of the pancreas. Her family has now filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court, located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn NY 11201.

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