A medical mistake: what should I do?

[MsRobyn]

*Originally posted by suezeekay *
** I just can’t get it though my head than because he read the x-ray wrong I have to pay a monetary penalty. **

Except it’s not a penalty. You were sent in for further diagnostic testing and treatment. Because the diagnostic tests came back negative for any sort of problem, there was no treatment necessary.

My advice: Pay the radiologist and find a new nephrologist. Preferably someone who can tell the left kidney from the right.

Robin

[picunurse]

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*Originally posted by MsRobyn *
**Except that the interventional radiologist didn’t make a mistake.

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Every health care professional is obligated to do an assessment of their patient. The Radiologist did make a mistake. He didn’t ask a simple question. “Which side hurts?” Physicians, especially referals docs, are busy, and count on the refering doctor to have made a good and thorough assessment. However, if the PMD, as in this case, made a mistake, Doc 2 isn’t off the hook. He made the SAME mistake, by not assessing HIS patient.

[MsRobyn]

*Originally posted by picunurse *

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Every health care professional is obligated to do an assessment of their patient. The Radiologist did make a mistake. He didn’t ask a simple question. “Which side hurts?” Physicians, especially referals docs, are busy, and count on the refering doctor to have made a good and thorough assessment. However, if the PMD, as in this case, made a mistake, Doc 2 isn’t off the hook. He made the SAME mistake, by not assessing HIS patient. **

Actually, the IR did ask the question.

from the OP:
radiologist asks about the pain in my right side.

He did ask, just not in the most objective way.

Robin