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Settlement of $350,000 for NSW man after public hospital fails to adequately treat arm infection

  • Ray Abbas
Case Overview
  • Our client suffered significant injuries as a result of an infection including sepsis with organ failure, and a spinal cord infarction after public hospital fails to adequately treat infection in arm.
  • Our Medical negligence specialist, Ray Abbas handled his case, and sought and obtained supportive independent expert opinion that the decision to discharge our client after only a few days with oral antibiotics was unreasonable.
  • Mr Abbas and his team, including an expert barrister, negotiated a settlement of $350,000.

In this matter, our client presented to an emergency department of an NSW public hospital with a swollen and infected left arm, and fever. Our client’s left arm abscess was drained, and he was provided with intravenous antibiotics for only a few days before he was discharged with a prescription for oral antibiotics.

Following the above, our client presented to the emergency department on numerous occasions with worsening symptoms and was eventually transferred to another public hospital for urgent care.

Our client suffered significant injuries as a result of the infection including sepsis with organ failure, and a spinal cord infraction.

Our expert medical negligence lawyers have the knowledge and skills to reach the best outcome for anyone who has suffered as a result of sub-standard or negligent treatment from any type of medical practitioner.

Ray Abbas
Our Approach

Concerned about his treatment, our client approached Gerard Malouf & Partners to investigate a potential medical negligence claim. Medical negligence specialist, Ray Abbas handled his case, and sought and obtained supportive independent expert opinion that the decision to discharge our client after only a few days with oral antibiotics was unreasonable. The expert opined that our client should have been kept in hospital and treated with intravenous antibiotics for at least 2 weeks. Had this had happened, the expert opined that our client would have avoided sepsis and the spinal cord infarction.

It was decided that the best option for our client to reach a positive outcome would be to enter into settlement negotiations between the parties by way of a mediation. Mr Abbas and his team, including an expert barrister, negotiated a settlement of $350,000.

At Gerard Malouf and Partners we pride ourselves on assisting those who are mistreated, misdiagnosed and inadequately cared for by the health system. We are highly specialised and focussed medical negligence lawyers with our firm being small enough to care intimately for our clients, but large enough to have the solid, financial, medical and expert resources our clients need to match the big insurers we fight every day.

The Result

It was decided that the best option for our client to reach a positive outcome would be to enter into settlement negotiations Mr Abbas and his team negotiated a settlement of $350,000

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