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Originally Posted by sexZness
I do find suing the hospital a bit ridiculous  that's just so they can get more money out of a bad situation |
/\ I agree completely that malpractice lawsuits are completely out of hand, however, in this case, based on the info in the article, the old man has a valid arguement.
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Originally Posted by sexZness
which sucks balls... we have a specialist in the family and we know first hand how frustrating and stressful a lawsuit is... and a lot of times, it's not even the doctor's fault, it could be genetics playing a role, family history that the patient didn't know about, etc.. in the article's case, there must more to the story other than "surgeon found cancer in 60 year old man's penis so he amputated it during a circumcision surgery". Plus, if he had left it on the patient as is, the old man could still turn around later and say "well, I gave you permission to chop it off, you found cancer in it, why didn't you? so, now i'm suing you" LOL
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/\ correct action by the doctor who believed he found penor cancer would have been to stop the circumcision, or finish it,either way. Wake the patient up and explain what they found, recommend penor removal as best option, let old man get a second or third opinion if felt he needed it and then have penor removed, or not, HIS choice. The doc played god and removed a vital body organ potentially against the patient's will, and def. w/o his consent, if that doesn't qualify for a malpractice lawsuit, I don't know what does.
If his penor cancer would kill the patient w/in the next couple of days, then the arguement by the doctor that it had to be done immediately is valid, if not immenently deadly, then he (the doc) fu#ked up.