A YOUNG mum died after a series of blunders by doctors who failed to spot a six-inch long TOILET BRUSH HANDLE embedded in her buttock, an inquest was told today.
Cindy Corton, 35, was left with the bizarre injury after a drunken fall in a friend’s bathroom in 2005 but “serious errors” by doctors then led to her death.It was two years before Cindy, who was in constant pain, was able to convince doctors that the thin serrated plastic handle was stuck in the flesh of her bottom.
That’s medical awesomeness right there. How’n the hell does it take two years to convince doctors to give a proper exam? I’ve known people who have not gotten satisfaction out of a doctor… and so they marched on over to the next doctors office or hospital and gotten a second opinion the very same day. The article blames the first doctor for screwing up… and to be sure, there’s some blame there. But the article blames the first doctor for not getting a second opinion. Isn’t that the patients responsibility?
And there’s this:
Husband Peter, 61…
Wow.
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At a guess, (and I kinda figured you’d know this one) it’s because as I understand the way the “system” in England works, (the rest of Europe may be different I know Italy was as was Germany) you’re only “authorized” to see a certain doctor. If he/she doesn’t give you a referal or consultation the ‘second-opinion’ visit is the patient’s responsibility to pay. Needless to say this tends to discourage patient’s from going off on their own.
I’ll ask a freind who’s daughter lives there if they or she knows anything.
Randy