Do I have a case for malpractice if I was released with a wound that was not healing properly?

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Do I have a case for malpractice if I was released with a wound that was not healing properly?

After having a lower leg amputation, I was released from the hospital to its in-patient hospital to recover and be introduced to physical therapy. I am 41 years old and quickly adapted to almost all the therapies and the ability to care for myself. Within 9 days, my wound managed to turn black and hard and become what I know now to be, necrosis and gangrene. No treatment was rendered at the in-patient hospital but the doctor did tell me on the day he was releasing me to see my doctor soon because the wound doesn’t look good.

Asked on May 15, 2013 under Malpractice Law, Washington

Answers:

Tricia Dwyer / Tricia Dwyer Esq & Associates PLLC

Answered 10 years ago | Contributor

Hello. An attorney may do an investigation of the matter. You should act with no delay, since there are strict time limitations to initiating legal action ('statutes of limitation'). You ought not alert the physician or other medical personnel or hospital that you are seeking attorney counsel. 

Some attorneys, myself included, will confer for free, at no charge. All the best.


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