Canan ERdoctor refuse to treat a shattered leg?
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Canan ERdoctor refuse to treat a shattered leg?
My sister got hit in the leg with one of those really big fire works and she went to the ER. They sent her home and told her to keep it elevated. Her leg is now twice the size and black and blue and shards of her bones floating around her blood stream. They told her to come back and they would do surgery but when she did and they found out she didn’t have insurance they said they couldn’t do anything for her.
Asked on July 13, 2011 under Malpractice Law, Arkansas
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
As a general answer in an emergency situation most States in this country require emergency room treatment of an injured person regardless of medical insurance or ability to pay for the simple reason that the emergency situation requires immediate medical attention for the injured person and if immediate medical attention is not provided by the health care facility the injured person's conditin could get significantly worse.
How do you know that your sister has a shattered leg where there are shards of bone floating around her blood stream? Were x rays taken by the emergency room doctor? If x rays were taken by the emergency room doctor at the initial of your siste post accident showing the damage you state in your question, I would be very surprised that your sister's leg was not castedas a result of the injury or that surgery was not performed to take care of the floating bone shards.
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