Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in California
A friend of mine has been in and out of jail since 2015 . Each time they would do routine health checks that included taking his blood to
do a full blood panel. During those years he was never called back to the medical
Department so it was assumed that everything came back normal. Well about a year ago , my friend got real sick (pneumonia) and he was hospitalized. After doing bloodwork they noticed his platelet counts were in the danger area and he was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma (in his spleen) . The doctors requested to see his past medical Records he had from when he was in prison so they could determine how long he had. Turns out his bloodwork results showed abnormal
Results back in 2020, and that the doctors at that time should have notified him to follow up with a doctor regarding the abnormal results. They never told him a thing. My question is can anything be done against the prison healthcare for not notifying him of the abnormal results. They knew he had cancer years ago but didn't tell him anything about it years ago. He was told this is a form of cancer that could have been easily treated had they started when it was first showing up in his bloodwork.
This happened in a california prison . I apologize if I didn't post this in the right law category.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Yes, it is possible. Having said that, it is contingent upon reviewing his medical records from the prison as well as other pre-and-post-incarceration records.
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