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A woman from Brooklyn, New York had complained to her primary care doctor that she kept seeing traces of blood when she urinated. The doctor did a urinalysis on a few occasions but failed to recognize the significance of the results. He also failed to refer the patient to a urologist when she continued to complain of seeing blood in the bowl. When she was finally diagnosed, she had stage 4 bladder cancer which ultimately killed her.
This patient’s death was preventable with timely diagnosis and treatment. Watch the video to learn more.
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January 6th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Gerry,
This was a tragic story, to be sure. And it is certainly a sound lesson for doctors to take patient complaints seriously. However, I believe that you missed an opportunity here to advise patients to seek a second opinion when it seems that something is not right. Clearly, this woman had concerns that something was amiss, which is why she continued to get these tests. But she was lulled by the doctors assurances.
Please don’t get me wrong – from your description the doctor was entirely to blame, not this poor victim. However, you might have advised patients in a similar situation to check symptoms online or consult another doctor or a specialist if things don’t add up. Certainly, malpractice suits are one solution to negligence in the medical profession. But patient empowerment can also help mitigate the effects of malpractice.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Carolyn, I agree that patients have an obligation to look out for their best interests and to be compliant with instructions.
However, there are many people who do not have the knowledge, intellect, social ability or means to question a doctor’s assurances.
As much as we’d like to assume that educated people will question their doctor, there are still many who have no access to computers and many who are uneducated and hold doctors out as Gods.
When a potential client comes to me, the injury has already occurred. I would not recommend that patients go online for second opinions since there is much information online that may not be applicable to their particular symptoms. It is not for the uneducated patient to try and solve why they have blood in their urine. That’s the doctor’s job.
You and I know that persistent abnormal complaints should be addressed by a doctor. The failure by one doctor to address those concerns may lead you or I to another doctor for another opinion. In an ideal world, I agree that’s what should be done. However, in the practical world, with insurance restrictions about who patients can and cannot see, it is not realistic; especially when the primary care doctor refuses to give a referral to a specialist, when he sees no reason for it.