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Misdiagnosed With Malaria. Was Hallucinating And Collapsed As He Had Cerebral Malaria. Got Encephalitis And Went To Coma
My husband was misdiagnosed in A&E in November with Malaria. His test was negative and he was told he had a virus. Five days later he was hallucinating and collapsed as he had cerebal malaria.
A month later he got. Post infection encephalitis. He was in a coma and it has took 7 months for him to return to work.
The hospital admitted they didn't follow correct protocol of three blood tests 12 hours apart before giving a negative or positive diagnosis.
Should we sue the hospital for original mis diagnosis? This could have resulted in his death.
A month later he got. Post infection encephalitis. He was in a coma and it has took 7 months for him to return to work.
The hospital admitted they didn't follow correct protocol of three blood tests 12 hours apart before giving a negative or positive diagnosis.
Should we sue the hospital for original mis diagnosis? This could have resulted in his death.
Tue, 29 Oct 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
We need to see the entire case details to establish whether there was negligence on the part of doctor or hospital. However, in the light of information you have provided, it could be a case of medical negligence. So, you can contemplate a legal action.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
We need to see the entire case details to establish whether there was negligence on the part of doctor or hospital. However, in the light of information you have provided, it could be a case of medical negligence. So, you can contemplate a legal action.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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