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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Everyone is blowing this out of proportion, This guy has tried to kill himself TWICE, this is not the sign of depression, this is the sign of they want your attention all the time, l have a son with a mental problem, so l should now about depression.
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That is oversimplifying things. Sometimes people do attempt suicide because they want attention, true ,but sometimes it *is* because they are depressed.
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I have a great sympathy with people that have depression it is a lonely feeling, If this guy wanted to die, he would do, we always have people that go out of there way to commit suicide, this is why we have the great organisation called The Samaritons, that talk to people and go unnoticed, But the second time this guy was saved, the hospital made a mistake, and he has mildly suffered, and sues, The gut does NOT deserve this money.
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His arm was damaged. He was arguably in a worse position after they saved him than before he attempted suicide. Depending on what benefits he was on, he may actually lose out because of the Compo (some benefits disappear when you have money).
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
The hospital made a mistake, BUT what should have happened is this, The guy has made several attempts on his OWN life, Everyone makes mistakes, BUT, l think it is totally unfair on the hospital to make this payout, and l still say he should give the money to charity, he doesn't deserve it.
We have so many people in life, that make a mockery of the compo system.
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The fact that he has attempted suicide is irrelevant. The problem that this case highlights is possible failures in the hospital.
Giving people the wrong doses of drugs can kill or seriously injure them. Hospitals *should* have systems in place to prevent this. The fact that this guy recieved four times the normal dose (which is not slightly more however you dress it up suggests that in this case the system failed and failed badly. They need to find out why. Sometimes, the only way to make large organisations do this is to use legal action.
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
If you read back I said that as early as post 6 my real issue is that he was able to sue at all, the NHS is under enough strain already without shyster lawyers getting in on the act. Am concerned the size of payout, I was when you consider what the victims of crime get but when you hear the 'hurt feelings' payouts, it softens it quite a bit.
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Although if the hospital hadn't fouled up, then he would have no reason to sue..
I don't agree with sueing for the sake of it, but in this case, if the hospital can get his dose wrong, then they can get others wrong. The next one they get wrong could be given to an innocent person who then dies or is seriously injured.