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Hep! injury during colon exam=emg surgery, 5 days in hosp & a $20,000 bill.

View Poll Results: do u think the doctor should pay his patients medical bill after he injured her colon
YES, because he is responsable for his patients safty when he operates on them. 3 100.00%
NO, it was an accident & he shouldn't pay his patient's almost $20,000 medical bill. 0 0%
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Old Jun 18th, 2008, 05:29 AM     #1
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Confused Hep! injury during colon exam=emg surgery, 5 days in hosp & a $20,000 bill.

injury during colon exam required emg. surgery & 5 days in hosp.

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During a colon exam my wife's colon was cut by the insterment the doctor was using. This required emergency surgery and a five day hospital stay. Her doctor said she was injured because she moved suddenly during the colon exam implying that it was her fault. I thought the anesthesiologist was suppose to put a person far enough under that thay would would not feel the pain and respond by flenching. How can a person be responsable for their actions when they are under anesthetics? A different doctor performed the emergency surgery while her doctor left town for four days.

My wife never had a choice in the matter because she went in for the colon exam and woke up in the sugery room with several holes in her bruised and painful abdomen. The docer had contacted my wife's daughter for permission to operate because she was still knocked out by the colon exams anesthesia. My wife had to endure this trama and shock while be fed by i.v. only for 3 days
Shouldn't my wife's doctor at least pay her medical bills loss of income resulting from the injury she recieved during his colon examination? Or is this a malpractive issue?

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Old Aug 8th, 2008, 05:20 PM     #2
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Default Re: Hep! injury during colon exam=emg surgery, 5 days in hosp & a $20,000 bill.

Usually colonoscopy exams are not done under general anesthesia. Rather, conscious sedation is done with an IV sedative (usually versed) and an IV narcotic pain medicine. An RN, not an anesthesiologist, does this conscious sedation. Bowel "perfs" are one of the main complications of a colonoscopy and are explained in the informed consent. I don't know if you would have a case or not.
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Old Aug 8th, 2008, 05:24 PM     #3
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What was the exact prep done (medication) prior to the exam?
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