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Case Studies


Case 14 - Abigail

Update on David

Case 12 - David

Case 11 - Stephen

Case 10 - Helen

Case 9 - Debbie

Case 8 - Des

Case 7- Gillian

Case 6 - Julia

Case 5 - Janet

Case 4- Margaret 
( not MacRae)

Case  3 - Jean

Case 2 - John

 Case 1 - Anne

SIN will be adding, over the next few months and years, summaries of our members’ experiences. These case histories make disturbing reading and represent the tip of the iceberg of unnecessary iatrogenic suffering currently existing in the UK today. If you have ever wondered where the relatives of the estimated *34,000  patients who die unnecessarily each year through medical blunders and the estimated *40,000patients who are  permanently iatrogenically damaged each year – then search no further. The medical profession resists telling these people what really happened. Bereaved relatives and damaged patients have to fight for truth and justice and medical care, which is theirs by right. Patients are being denied their civil rights!

These cases raise many serious issues, which demand to be addressed:

  1. Diagnostic competence
  2. The safety and accuracy of clinical tests
  3. The dangerous myth of clinical infallibility
  4. The reluctance of any doctor to challenge a colleague - professional allegiance or the "closing of the ranks syndrome" - which results in the near impossibility of gaining a genuine second opinion if someone has made an error of judgement. 
  5. The fear of litigation being put before the need of patient care which ultimately results in doctors withholding their medical expertise.
  6. The nonsensical situation of lawyers, employed by Trusts and Health Authorities, whose salaries are paid by the tax-payer, and who are, according to Richmond House, D.o.H, there to protect the patient and ensure that patients receive good quality medical care. Instead, practice defensive procedures to protect the management and health professionals from potential litigation. 
  7. Damage can occur for a variety of reasons. Negligence being only one. Why should the seriously and permanently damaged patient not receive compensation regardless of the cause of the injury? 
The facts are correct and the person concerned has given approval for their case to be reported on this page. The names may have been changed depending on the individual members’ request for confidentiality.

*  Recent updated figures following Prof. Charles Vincent research project into Medical Errors using the medical records of two unnamed hospitals. His report came out earlier this year. The data which was uncovered was then extrapolated over the country as a whole. From this recent study it is estimated the 850,000 medical errors occur every year in UK hospitals.
 

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