Woes from the clinic - Dr's side

[Sapphire Silk]

Bonus WTF: Had a lady called our office threatening to sue for malpractice. Her mom was sent to the hospital for abdominal pain, the nurse there drew her blood and found elevated levels of white blood cells and Liver function enzymes. The mom previously had blood work done in our office as part of her annual physical. So the daughter is claiming negligence on our end for not reporting any abnormalities in mom's blood work. The kicker: I looked at the blood work done in the office, EVERYTHING was NORMAL. Not even the slightest doubt at all. Guess someone wont be winning the lottery this time.

If she had no abdominal pain complaints when she had her physical, and a negative physical exam, then her claim is dead in the water.

It's not malpractice not to diagnose something that is not presenting any symptoms and may not even have been present at that time. So good luck with that, daughter.

[Seshat]

Daughter (and possibly mother) needs to learn that in living things - including people - things <gasp> CHANGE!