A doctor injured my husband what should we do about it.?

First they took blood for the first to see what wrong with him and got blood. The machine that test his blood broke. They said he had high potassium. So needed more blood from him but the blood would come out of his veins. They test on same machine that is broke. Again they say he has high potassium. Now try my husbands vein in his groin they get no blood from there either now he is in alot pain. Then they try his vein in his neck they get no blood from there either. Now he is even in more pain. We leave the hospital against medical advise. We went to another hospital the next day and they draw his blood the test come back no high potassium just he is fatigued. He went there on July 5, 2007 now it is July 12, 2007 he is still hurting in his neck and groin. So what sould we do now. Plus the doctors worried me to the point I was stressed out I was very afraid he would die. Also I am diabteic I had not eaten nothing but toast that morning I did not have any change to anything to eat.

Answer:
Well, you can file a complaint with your states medical board that holds doctors accountable.

You can contact the hospital adminstrator OR you could contact a malpractice attorney to see if you have a case.

Either way, file a complaint against the doctor with your states medical board.
I would say take him back to the second hospital you went to and make sure that he is okay, and tell them what the first hospital did. They'll be able to advise you if the first hospital did something wrong. You might also contact a medical lawyer.
sue those creaps
Take him to a different doctor
It sounds very serious. I'd suggest you hire a lawyer.

An Injury Attorney in your local area will call to discuss your case with no cost or obligation - free consultation at most times.

The law limits how long you have to file a claim.
Submit your contact information as soon as you can.

Here's a site you can check out: www.InjuryHelpLineAttorney.com
Even though the machine broke, it seems reasonable they would want to test your husband's blood again. The fact that he later had normal potassium means they really did need to run the test.

Was it the same person who tried drawing blood each time? Many facilities have policies on how many times one person can attempt drawing blood. It is strange that they had such difficulty, was there some other medical complication that made getting the blood that hard?

If he is a normal, helthy individual I would expect the pian to be along the lines of tenderness and discomfort. If he is running a fevor and there is swelling, you should take him to a facility you are comfortable with to see about infections.

I understand your frustration and stress over the incident, it would bother me as well. But it seems unlikely from what you have said that there is really anything you can do -- if you feel mistreated by a particular individual you can send a letter to the hospital admin. If you feel the hospital as a whole is a tfault you can let the get the complaint to the JACHO--which regulates the hospitals. THe below link has brochures you can download that explain your rights abd how to file complaints.

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