can i sue my surgeon in canada?
358128
Of course you can. But first you should gather your evidence.  Your attorney will want to know every tiny detail. Also, the more information you have, the better your case will be.
968526
Registered Nurse here; Well I dislike the sound of my own advice.  However if your condition is truly a result of blood being drawn, you best avenue is to SUE, this is malpractice, and people in health care must be held accountable when they make mistakes.  As for the physician, he or she should not try to avoid the error and should address it with you open and honestly.  You should not have to pay for any of your surgeries related to this error, nor should your insurance company.  I strongly advise you to seek an attorney that specializes in malpractice.  Also you may want to consider getting another physician, if you feel they are not treating you with dignity, respect and cognitive of care that your entitled to.
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Have you gotten a second opinion from another specialist on your condition.  If they conclude it was a mistake, then you have a better case.  At that point, you should contact a medical malpractice attorney.  You can get referral from your local bar association (attorney).
588814
You can't,  if you sue it won't hurt the dentist unless he is small practice, hard working, and has never been sued.  If he volunteers to fix it for you he  probably has not been sued.   The ultra-rich dentist is not afraid of law suits, its not uncommon for them to be sued by one or two patients per year, They have good insurance and the rest of the honest hardworking dentist pay high premiums to support their legal defenses.  They take classes on how to make themselves bullet proof.  \n\nTheir poor work is a function of their aggressiveness.  They advertise themselve as "Top Docs" and "succsefull" and thus justify their litigation problems due to their success, not their poor dentistry.   \n\nHowever,  I would suggest that they are the exception, and not the norm.  Most dentist are hard working and really want the dentistry to last.  Have you tried talking to the dentist?  Try that.  See if he is willing to guarentee his work.  If the shotty work is your fault he will let you know.  Maybe your tongue is too big and he can't work around it. LOL.  I heard that one recently.  \n\nLook there is no reason for detnal work to be done that is bad.  Since you  can not determine on your own what is good or what is bad I would suggest contacting your local dental society and seeing if they have an arbitration process, called peer review.  This is the kindest, lowest cost thing you could do to get your concerns addressed.
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Yes. If you are out to prove that your injuries were the result of negligence by management, you are going to have to prove that your working conditions and those of other people who have similar job assignments inevitably lead to those surgeries. If however, you are the only one who keeps needing surgeries and everyone else is fine, then management can reasonably argue that you are simply a klutz and incompetence on your part is the primary cause of your injuries.
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Yes nowadys anyone can sue anyone no matter where they are living. It is more if a case of when are they going to sue you compared to if they are going to sue.\nWhat you should do is get in touch with them and discuss your problems, they may allow you more time or something, you never know
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Go to a lawyer specializing in Personal Injury. Don't sympathize with the one who got you into all this trouble, and don't care whether he is "incompetent" or not. If you are insured, your insurance company and his should be taking care of expenses, but better see a lawyer first. There will be a lot of investigations and interviews from both companies and your lawyer, and everything will come out. Meanwhile, have a record of all your medical bills and correspondence with the insurance companies, etc; take pictures of everything that was affected, especially your injuries---gross as it may seem, if it is, take shots of your wounds, etc., in short, everything! Your lawyer if he is good will need all these.\n\nMy hubby was hit by a car when he was walking, broke a leg, not his fault as he walked on the pedestrian go-signal. The offender's insurance and our insurance took care of all expenses. We went through 3 or so lawyers before we found someone who really worked on it and got us a 6-figure settlement, aside from the payment of all costs involved. \n\nIf your lawyer is hard to contact, doesn't return your calls, and the case is moving slowly, don't be afraid to fire him. There will be others who will take your case. You don't pay them anything because their payment will be a percentage of your settlement, so the bigger they get for you, the bigger money they get, too. \n\nDon't be discouraged. Keep your wits. Look out for yourself. \n\nIf you were in Canada I can give you number of the best injury lawyer there is...
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I am Canadian - I booked an apointment with my dentist last week and will see her next Tuesday.  By the way, Dentists are not covered under Canadian Health Care - never have been, unless it is as a result of an accident, a workplace injury, you are on social assistance, or you have a disability.\n\nMy son was born premature - 2 1/2 months - I did not have to wait for care - he is a healthy and educated 20 year old - and I did not receive a bill for one cent even though i do not have an insurance policy.  My doctor told me that in the US, he was a "million dollar" baby.\n\nMy brother required knee replacement surgery - every step of that process, from pre-op apointments with the best specialists (of his choice I might add - no one tells us who to see) through home care to perform rehab after surgery was completed within 3 months of the first visit and did not cost us one penny - with or without insurance.\n\nI had Leukemia (chronic myleogenous) and chose to go to whatever doctor and hospital I wanted, free of charge, in whatever city in Ontario had the shortest wait time - all free of charge, including the cost of gas or airfare if necessary to get to the appointments.\n\nI haven't had to wait 2 months, let alone a year, at all - although it does happen and it is not good when it does.  I also don't have to fork out one single penny to be seen by the best heart/lung/cancer specialist in the country, they are accessible to everyone regardless of income.\n\nI have a step-sister in LA - she relies on Medicare - she says it is appalling in the US if you don't have private insurance -it's kind of hard to describe what is wrong to the clinic doctor, who didn't speak english, after a 7 hour clinic wait!  Even if you have insurance , you probably have an HMO - a group of non-professionals with little or no medical training who are deciding who you can see, what they will treat, and which hospital you can go to.\n\nYou're trying to tell me that is better??
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you *can* sue anyone you want.  that said, i fail to see what outcome would have changed if it had been detected earlier....\n\n1. no harm came to your son. - no harm, no value can be assigned\n2. he would have simply needed surgery "sooner" - identical outcome\n3. it is not your *right* to have your son be an athelete. - no civil rights were violated.
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I feel your pain...I retired to Canada (partially for that reason) a number of years ago and was quite pleased with the health care......a family doctor in Canada is very versatile and can treat a number of ailments including minor outpatient surgery in his/her office...other side of the coin..if you have to go into a hospital, more often than not, unless it is a life or death emergency, you will face a lengthy (several months) wait....now, there IS more to the story....I was able to do this, because at the time, I was married to a Canadian citizen...after a minimum of paper work I was granted health care priviledges...what you would have to do as a non-Canadian citizen to be granted residence in Canada, I'm not sure.........and of course, in this world there is no free lunch, income taxes were considerably higher; and there is/was a modest monthly cost for health care premiums....this was in 1998....if there have been changes since that time, I am not aware of them...........also, I mentioned that was only one of the reasons I moved to Canada...I was living in Victoria, Vancouver Island and it's one of the most beautiful places on earth..the Canadians are great people...ALSO, the U.S. dollar was was about 30 to 40% higher than the Canadian $.....not so now; and it's dropping....so, you've much to consider......good luck!!
663912
no, it can only be considered malpractice if there is permanent damage. Maybe negligence, you could check.
1032892
No one is above the law. This is America. You can sue anyone if someone breaches his duty of care. You can take the doctor to court of justice if, what he had done is something so un usual that another practicing doctor on the same standard will not do. The doctrine of Medical Negligent is wide. The test is laid down in Bolam's case. You need to consult a lawyer who has experience is Medical Negligence suit.\n\nGood Luck to you
1089526
I would definatley go to another doctor part of a different hospital and get a second opinion.  This is not only medical malpractice, but medical negligence.  After that, I would go and sue.
873637
Every state has there own version of workers comp laws which in my opinion is utterly ridiculous however, most seem to have a common guideline.\nIn NYS, you are entitled to your own physician and his/her decisions and treatment generally prevail. However, the state permits IME's for the insurance companies to which they have abused the privilage beyond comprehension! In most instances, the judges will rule in favor of your physician but we do have a couple of "insurance" judges hearing cases and filling their pockets as we all know how the system works!\nI would complain LOUDLY to my own doctor and request an MRI and possibly a second opinion from a neurologist who specializes in that field.\nDO NOT LET THE INSURANCE COMPANY DOCTOR TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE!!!!! He gets paid by the insurance company so he is naturally going to write what they would like to hear! It is his "bread and butter" to which he could care less about you! It's sort of the "American" way---MONEY FIRST-MORALS LATER!!!!Keep in mind you are putting your future in someone elses hands that has one thought and one thought only---MONEY!!!!!!\nYou have an entire life ahead of you that this injury may come back to haunt you in the future so make darn sure you take that in to account NOW!!!! STAND YOUR GROUND! GET A COMP ATTORNEY ASAP!!!!!!
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Definitely not.  Nothing in life is free.  Canada's system is not free.  They pay for it with less than state of the art health care, and with higher taxes.  Let's look at what happens.  In Canada, the state dictates how many doctors there will be based on a budget, that is, how many tax dollars that can be spent on it.  They also dictate how much money the doctor will make on any given operation.  If you need an operation and there is a doctor available, you will get it, but chances are, in Canada you will have to go on a waiting list to get it.  You may well die, or suffer other problems waiting for the doctor.  Also, since the state is in control, and not the market, the doctor may not be the best at what he does.  Now let's look at what happens in the United States of America:  A young medical student happens to have a passion for heart surgery.  He has the talent and the knowledge.  He gets a bunch of student loans, and gets his education complete.  He becomes the very best at this specialty, and subsequently charges a lot for it.  He makes a lot of money doing what he loves, and the public pays it because they want the best heart surgeon available when it comes cutting time.  This kid may have elected to go into computers instead of medicine in Canada, because it pays more.  Also, you don't have to wait for a doctor, because the market balances out the supply of medical care with the demand far more efficiently than any government official could.   Please read Ecconomics In One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt for more insight into supply and demand and the natural, efficient way of regulating ecconomy.  Please also, ask Canadian medical patients who come to America for medical care what they think ?
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see a lawyer about a malpractice suit. there is not much they can do about your body and health.
459503
call labour relations (That's what it is called in Canada) and explain your situation, they will take care of it for free and make sure that they don't screw someone else around next time.  Also make sure that you have all of the paperwork to back up your side of the story, dates, times worked and anuthing else that might come up.  That way you will have the best case possible.  If you win he could also be fined, so even calling him and making that threat could be efective enough.  If he has done this before and been investigated, it could cause him alot of trouble that he won't want.