Piece of wood left inside a patient's leg in SC Reproduction A patient will receive compensation after leaving the hospital with an 8-centimeter piece of wood inside his thigh in Içara, in the south of Santa Catarina, and developing an infection. The court decided that he will be entitled to R$8,000 for moral damages, in addition to reimbursement for expenses with consultations, exams and medication. There is an appeal. Photo included in the medical expert report, and sent to g1 by the patient's lawyer, Maria Luiza Goudinho, shows the size of the piece of wood removed (photo above). ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp The case occurred in 2013, when the man suffered an accident while cutting down a tree. He went to the hospital and had the wound stitched. In the decision, the Judiciary understood that not enough tests were carried out to detect the presence of the piece of wood in the patient's thigh.
The story of the patient who was left with an 8 cm piece of wood inside his leg after a medical error in SC
Piece of wood left inside a patient's leg in SC Reproduction A patient will receive compensation after leaving the hospital with an 8-centimeter piece of wood inside his thigh in Içara, in the south of Santa Catarina,...
Despite this, the lawyer defending the patient said that she will appeal the decision as she understood that there were gaps in the sentence. "The aesthetic damage was not analyzed, as well as the value set as compensation for moral and material damages reveals itself to be negligible and insignificant, distancing itself from the principles of reasonableness and proportionality, as well as the punitive-pedagogical function of civil reparation", he said in a note. The municipality and the Fundação Social Hospitalar de Içara are the defendants in the proceedings. g1 sought contact with them, but had not received feedback from both bodies until the last update of this report. READ ALSO: Who was the driver who died after crashing a luxury car into a truck 17-year-old teenager who was riding a motorcycle dies after crashing into a truck Who is the minister Marco Buzzi, investigated in cases of selling sentences and sexual harassment Patient discovered a piece of wood after seeking care in a neighboring city According to the lawsuit, the hospital doctor did not carry out an adequate assessment to verify the existence of a foreign body in the injury, nor did he request additional tests, despite the accident involving wood. The wound was just sutured. The following day, with pain, swelling and signs of infection, the patient sought care at a hospital in Criciúma, a neighboring city. Examinations identified the piece of wood in the right thigh. He had to be hospitalized and undergo surgery to remove the foreign body. In defense, according to the Judiciary, the municipality and the Fundação Social Hospitalar de Içara stated that the care provided was adequate and that the complications resulted exclusively from the accident. The judicial expert, however, concluded that the injury was not examined properly to locate the wooden fragment. The report also pointed out that the presence of the foreign body contributed to the development of the infection and the need for surgery. The municipality and the hospital were jointly ordered to pay R$8,000 for moral damages and R$712.09 for material damages, amounts that will be subject to interest and monetary correction. VIDEOS: most watched g1 SC in the last 7 days
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