MY WIFE HAD A BABY RECENTLY THERE WAS MA...

Asked by the Customer on 17-11-2014 08:18:57
Question posted in the Malpractice Law category relating to KwaZulu-Natal

MY WIFE HAD A BABY RECENTLY
THERE WAS MANY COMPLICATIONS
A FEW TO MENTION
1.baby was 6 weeks early (doctor still advised us that all was well)
2. Wife was operated on while she still able to feel, advised the doctor but he still continued.
3. Came out the operation a C-section and straight into Sicu, wife was under general anaesthetic and but not totally knocked out and could hear the nurse say that she is in a critical condition.
4. After being released she is constantly not well.
Diagnoses number 1
she was treated for Pressure and medication in the hospital.
Number 2
she was diagnosed with Transient Ischemic Attack by the specialist physician.
Number 3
the Neurosurgeon has now diagnosed thrombosis and that is what she is being treated for.

The family and not to mention the kids have been under immense pressure because of her condition and constant up and down health

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