Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Missouri
medical malpractice
who is responsible in this circumstance and can the doctors be sued for negilence question can you sue a radiologist when he misreads an xray and tells the primary physician a diagnosis that the primary physician does not even suspect in the diagnosis. explanation a radiologist read my chest xray as pnuemonia, yet the primary physician and er doctor felt it was a pulmonary embolism. since my main diagnosis was deep vein thrombosis. the reason this is asked because three days prior to an admission i was treated for pnuemonia by an xray that was taken. three days later i was in er with a diagnosis of a deep vein thrombosis and with the research i have done the radiologist rules out pnuemonia with a dvt and pe does not diagnosis it. even though i was treated for a dvt and pe is the radiologist responsible for the misdiagnosis. is the hospital i went to any way responsible for the diagnosis the er dr and primary doctor says in was a dvt with a questionable pe. and that was because of the pnuemonia xray of three days prior to the dvt diagnosis.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: medical malpractice
Physicians and hospitals can be sued for deviating from the Standard of Care. In essence they have to act in a manner other than any reasonable prudent health care giver would act. From the circumstances you have described, there is a potential cause of action, however, the damages are what usually drive these cases. Unless the person injured was severely disabled, a medical malpractice case is usually not feasible. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me.
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