What to do about Embolism Misdiagnosis

Can an embolism misdiagnosis compensation claim be made for a serious delay in diagnosis, even though the embolism was effectively treated in hospital? Does a serious injury have to have been sustained for embolism misdiagnosis compensation to be awarded?

In order to be eligible to make an embolism misdiagnosis clinical malpractice claim, the misdiagnosis of an embolism must have resulted in you sustaining an injury or coming to harm. In cases when an embolism is not diagnosed straightway but the correct diagnosis is still made in time for treatment to be administered effectively, it may not be possible to make a claim for embolism misdiagnosis compensation. If an embolism misdiagnosis compensation claim is possible, it may not be worth your while to pursue legal action to recover damages if the injuries you sustained are only slight.

An embolism misdiagnosis compensation claim is usually made when a serious injury has been sustained due to the misdiagnosis, or when a patient has died due to the delay in administering drugs to break up the blood clot. In such cases, an embolism misdiagnosis compensation claim will result in substantial damages being awarded.

However this does not necessarily mean that a serious injury must be sustained, and even when less severe injuries have been caused due to a delay in treatment, compensation for embolism misdiagnosis can still be claimed. As long as the delay in obtaining the correct diagnosis of an embolism was due to medical negligence, and a competent doctor would not have failed to recognise the symptoms of an embolism and would have taken swift corrective action, your embolism misdiagnosis compensation claim should have a good chance of being successful.

It is not possible to determine whether you are eligible to make a claim without first examining your case in detail. We recommend that you speak with a medical negligence solicitor for advice at the earliest possible opportunity. After listening to your account of the misdiagnosis and the circumstances of your case, a medical negligence solicitor will be able to assess your claim and will also tell you the approximate level of compensation for embolism misdiagnosis you can claim - and the potential costs of doing so. You will then be able to make an informed decision on whether it is worth your while to take legal action to recover damages.