Medical negligence is somewhat of a taboo topic amongst patients and doctors alike, every person who visits a physician or specialist has high expectations in regards to their health condition and the ability of this person of trust to provide a comprehensive solution which will alleviate any pain and improve the overall health of the patient. Unfortunately, things don't always go exactly as we expect them to a medical negligence cases do occur from time to time as you're about to read in the next case.

Martha, a mortgage broker from South Florida who was constantly busy trying to close deals with clients to banks had been suffering from a sharp pain in her abdomen, as a great deal of people would do she ignored the pain and decided to continue doing her tasks as if everything were perfectly fine but the fact of the matter is that her health condition was far from okay. Inside her abdomen there was a tumor that grew big enough to press against other organs and make her feel uncomfortable.

As most women would immediately assume such discomfort might be a side effect of the menstrual period but since the pain was not sporadic but rather consistent she decided to visit her personal doctor who quickly performed some checkups and came up with possible causes for her discomfort. After several tests and visits to the doctor she was told she had a tumor and that it needed to be extracted to avoid further complications. To such diagnostic and recommended course of action marked the agreed to have the tumor removed.

Three weeks later she showed up at the hospital and the day after she went into surgery, two to three hours later she came out of the surgery really rather drowsy because of the general anesthesia that was applied to her. After taking a couple of months to recover she started to feel another sharp pain in her abdominal area which she described as a "pinch", again she opted not to pay too much attention to it and decided to go back to a regular activities. One month down the road that pain intensified and she decided to visit a doctor within her insurance coverage network was she was traveling to close a deal.

As you may imagine the x-rays revealed something rather strange and unusual, she had what appeared to be some sort of scissors inside of her abdominal area, after getting such news she panicked and asked the doctor to treat her as it is possible. A few days later she had the instrument removed from her abdominal area and the sharp pain stopped. Even though the first doctor was able to successfully extract the tumor that she had there was a horrible mistake (medical negligence) which made her feel extremely uncomfortable for nearly 2 months after the initial operation.

When Martha decided to confront the doctor who did the first operation there was no way to reach this person because he was always busy performing surgeries, after two weeks she was able to get in touch with the doctor, she explained a horrible mistake that he had done and given all the evidence that she brought with her he offered to settle the case without involving lawyers. Martha quickly disagreed as the amount of money that he offered was clearly not going to be enough to cover the second operation at the cost of the future treatments that she would need. After getting some professional advice she was able to recover damages from such horrible medical practice that she would not have received if she had opted to settle the case without involving any lawyers. Consulting with a knowledgeable lawyer can make all the difference from having the funds necessary for the required medical treatment and not having enough.