Jury Gives $2,500,000 To Woman's Family After Her Death Following A Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis

Jury Gives $2,500,000 To Woman's Family After Her Death Following A Delayed Colon Cancer Diagnosis

Statistically less than 1% people diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than thirty-five. However, because of the fact that colon cancer can be fatal physicians usually agree that rectal bleeding, even in a patient below 35, needs to be investigated by a colonoscopy so as to verify whether the bleeding is a result of cancer.. Simply assuming that the blood is caused by hemorrhoids does not meet the standard of care.

Consider what occurred in a documented case involving a woman who told her family doctor that she noticed blood in her stool and felt pain during bowel movements. She was just 24 years old. The doctor, justwithout even doing an examination, prescribed a laxative after deciding that she had diarrhea and other bowel issues. She returned four months later claiming she had constipation, pain and problems sitting. Now the doctor finally examined her but told her she had hemorrhoids. The doctor recommended an enema. The woman saw that physician 2 more times and each time was reassured that she merely had hemorrhoids and she had nothing to be concerned with.

The woman needed to be hurried to an emergency room because of extreme pain 7 months after her initial visit to the family doctor. They scheduled a colonoscopy and was found to have advanced colorectal cancer. The cancer was so prevalent by the time she underwent surgery that not only did the surgeon need to take out a portion of her colon but in addition had to remove her uterus and a section of her lower intestines. The surgery was subsequently followed by chemotherapy. The woman subsequently had a recurrence and passed away from the disease less than three years after. Her husband and minor daughter survived her.

The law firm that handled this case reported that the case went to trail and the jury awarded the family a sum of $2,500,000. The amount included the maximum of $350,000 permitted for pain and suffering by the law of the State where the physician practices. The rest of the award was for future lost wages. This claim shows what could be the most common medical error regarding the delayed diagnosis of colon cancer.

Too often physicians do not order a colonoscopy or send the patient to a specialist when a individual complains of rectal bleeding or blood in the stool. Instead, these doctors just assume that the symptom is due to hemorrhoids. This is especially typical if the patient is under fifty.

When a situation like that above occurs and the individual passes away because the cancer spread so far that a cure was no longer possible as a consequence of the delay in diagnosis the surviving family may be able to bring a case against the physician who caused the delay.

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