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Originally Posted by jamiefrost
I agree ungrateful .....
Personally I think they should send him a bill for £90,000 for the cost of his care.
This country becomes more and more like the USA. There is no longer such a thing as an accident.
Yes they made a mistake, but there was no intent to cause harm on the doctors side. Unless procedures were not followed or intent can be found then there should be no payout.
We have gotton to the stage now we have to blame everything on someone else. What happened to personal responsability, he was the reason he needed treatment in the first place 
JJ |
He wasn't there by accident, if he hadn't necked a load of pills and booze in the first place he would never have been there for the medics to make a 'mistake' in the first place.
Presumably he was given legal aid to pursue this case as well, double whammy for the tax payer.
Incidentally procedures weren't followed, the normal dose is 50ml and he was given 4 times the amount, you make an argument stating he should get nothing and then spoil it with that sentence.
Personally I think he should be grateful they treated him at all and I have said for years that I dont think you should be able to sue the NHS, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable for their actions though nor that compensation shouldn't be paid for any mistakes, just that claims should be held before an independent board rather than lawyers milking the system to such a degree it's cheaper to pay out rather than fight actions.