Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in South Carolina

assignment of physicians

what is the legal responsibility of a hospital / physician to a patient when an internal medicine physician is assigned and in charge of a head injured patient; when the patient obviously required a neurologists control of his/her care.

the internal medicine physician recorded incorrect information in medical records (diagnosis/prognosis). The incorrect information caused patient to be continuously regarded as such, (vegetative state)and has been refused the care and therapy he needed after discharge from hospital.


Asked on 10/11/01, 12:40 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Johnston Law Offices of Robert J. Johnston

Re: assignment of physicians

If the patient has been denied necessary care due to incorrect information being being entered by the doctor you refer to, the obviously the hospital is liable.

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Answered on 11/24/01, 8:55 am


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