Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Massachusetts

Emergency Room Did Not Test Me Completely

In July I contacted my primary care office, as I was bleeding extremely heavy out of my female area. The doctor office stated if I showed up there, they would send me directly the ER. So go to ER. So I went to the ER. I told the ER I was extensively bleeding between legs, indicated I was in excrusiating pain. I was I then was given morphine, given a pregnancy test, and sent home, with a ''heavy menstruation'' diagnosis. I was not concerned, as I then thought that since ER released me within 3 hours, and did not give me any prescriptions or anything, that I just had a bad monthly menstrual cycle. I then contacted my physician this past month due to the same issue but worse pain. I had to report to a walk-in medical center as my doctor was booked solid that day. I complied and had sonogram/histogram, and blood testing. Recently found out last week that I have at least 1-fibroid tumor and a small cyst in my left ovary. I have missed 20 hours of unpaid work, have two more doctors appts, with my primary and also a gyno, to see what the next steps are here. Shouldn't the 1st ER hospital I went to in July performed more than a pregnancy test on me? What if the fibroid tumors are cancerous, also I lost out 20work hours unpaid


Asked on 10/24/08, 12:50 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Earley Law Office of Christopher Earley

Re: Emergency Room Did Not Test Me Completely

If it can be shown that the hospital staff somehow breached the standard of care, then you may an actionable case. If you would like to talk this out, to see if you do in fact have a case, feel free to call me at your convenience. Thanks, and sorry to hear what happened.

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Answered on 10/24/08, 1:03 pm


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