Necrotizing Fasciitis

I want to know how come the law does not permit me to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against Christiana Hospital of which I contracted the flesh eating bacteria infection from after delivering my son via c-section. How come the laws allow people to sue for the most ridiculous reasons and win lots of money for such things as putting coffee between their legs and getting burnt, I mean come on. Where is the JUSTICE at? Why do I have to live like this and have to live with pain for the rest of my life because of negligence of the hospital in giving me this infection. Who is going to tell me that I brought the infection in with me. WHO!!!!!!!!!! I want answers, can someone give me answers?

Michelle Edwards wrote:

I want to know how come the law does not permit me to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against Christiana Hospital of which I contracted the flesh eating bacteria infection from after delivering my son via c-section. How come the laws allow people to sue for the most ridiculous reasons and win lots of money for such things as putting coffee between their legs and getting burnt, I mean come on. Where is the JUSTICE at? Why do I have to live like this and have to live with pain for the rest of my life because of negligence of the hospital in giving me this infection. Who is going to tell me that I brought the infection in with me. WHO!!!!!!!!!! I want answers, can someone give me answers?

wow, that's seriously messed up! what happened to you and your child?

Michelle Edwards wrote:

I want to know how come the law does not permit me to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against Christiana Hospital of which I contracted the flesh eating bacteria infection from after delivering my son via c-section. How come the laws allow people to sue for the most ridiculous reasons and win lots of money for such things as putting coffee between their legs and getting burnt, I mean come on. Where is the JUSTICE at? Why do I have to live like this and have to live with pain for the rest of my life because of negligence of the hospital in giving me this infection. Who is going to tell me that I brought the infection in with me. WHO!!!!!!!!!! I want answers, can someone give me answers?

You have to prove that the hospital was negligent!
The so called flesh eating bacteria are everyware around us. So I cannot say the hospital was negligent until you prove your case. No lawyer will take your case if you don't have one.In order for a lawyer to take your case there should be clear cut evidence that you contracted it in the hospital. No lawyer will take the case if he can't win it.

patrick wrote:

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You have to prove that the hospital was negligent!
The so called flesh eating bacteria are everyware around us. So I cannot say the hospital was negligent until you prove your case. No lawyer will take your case if you don't have one.In order for a lawyer to take your case there should be clear cut evidence that you contracted it in the hospital. No lawyer will take the case if he can't win it.

You need to do some research on the necrotizing Fasciitis Bacteria. Most lawyers are not familier with it but it's becoming more and more common. It can be proven because that disease cycle can take your life in 48 hours. You were cut in the hospital when you had your son, that is when the bacteria invaded your body. It's Group A strep bacteria. It's a hard case but it's worth going after. I know a lawyer handling a case for a friend of mine. I had a friend that died from that disease. If you are interested send me an e-mail. mazzygamma@comcast.net

I agree with the above post. Very hard to prove that you contracted the bacteria in the hospital. Any time you have an open wound, it's a source of infection, and bacteria are everywhere. It is actually more likely that you put your hand on something in the grocery store and then touched your incision then from the surgical instrument which is processed in a sterile manner. Plus, I'm assuming you signed a consent prior to the delivery, and on that consent you acknowledge that infection is a possible risk and that you are consenting to treatment being informed of that risk. Sorry that happened to you though.

Why is it not possible that she was infected in the hospital. My grandmother went in for a minor surgery following up on open heart surgery. She got the bacteria and never made it out of the hospital. She passed away last Friday. She was under the care of the hospital the entire time. As fast as it spread there was no way she had it before she went in. They told us the would were getting better, but when they removed the bandages at the funeral home her skin was green. It is a clear cause of negligence and we are currently looking for a lawyer.

I went in to McMaster for a Hystorectomy and when i was in the recovery room i woke and told the nurse that something is wrong that i was in too much pain, but because i had a history of anxiety she asked me if i wanted something for anxiety! totally ignoring the fact i was compaining of pain!(i have had a few abdominal surgeries and i knew this was unusual pain) I continued to get more sick and i was declining quick and i had every sign of flesh eating disease (fever,redness swelling,rash, severe and intolerable pain) but no one beleived me when i kept telling them something was reaaly wrong and i wanted someone to help me,but no one did anything untill minutes before my possible death.I had a heart rate of 180 beats per minute,fever and i was taken to ICU. They removed a 42 cm hole including muscle in my abdomen.2years later still having alot of pain(CT shows that the muscle did not and will not all heal) so any time i do anything that needs stomache muscles i swell and have alot of pain(muscle spasms) but the thing that really upsets me is the Surgeon would not see me or allow me to book appt until i went to the head of OBS/GYNE at Mac 18months later! he agreed to see me just to tell me they dont know what to do with me! But after my meeting with the head of OBS/GYNE the pastic surgeon(there was 3 different surgeons involed) offered to fix me at no cost to me! funny,why, he is a reaaly nice guy (the only Dr that would even agree to see me) I want to find out legally where i stand

I work in the hospital in the micro lab. While I must say it is very unfortunate that this happened, the hospital can't be held responsible. Bacteria is everywhere. If you could sue than everyone who enters the hospital that gets noscomial infections would be eligible to sue. Uriniary tract infections, pneumonia and surgical wound infections happen to about 1 every 10 hospital patients.

This is unfair.

How is it the Hospital's fault. Maybe the bacteria was already on you. Suing is not the soulution. Taking responsibility for yourself is the soulution.

I lost limbs from this bacteria that entered my body from an injection given in a hospital, no legs and no fingers. Does that mean I should just learn to live with that and not sue?

I see a few people have posted that the bacteria could be on you when you enter the hospital and then enter your body as a result of surgery. I am not a medical professional, so I would like someone who says the bacteria can be on you when you enter the hospital to explain something. I had a c-section in which they swabbed a VERY large area of my abdomen and upper thighs with betadine (I presume to sterilize the area from bacteria). Please explain how bacteria that is already on me gets into the surgical site during surgery if they swabbed the area to kill bacteria. I have had 2 surgeries post c-section due to abscess and the wound still has not healed completely, 11 months after the fact.