A GP was sued after allegedly failing to diagnose a 4 year old boy correctly, leading to the medication provided having an adverse reaction resulting in the little boy dying by the time he arrived at hospital.
Not one of the most pleasantest of mediations, the young couple and the doctor were distraught, emotions were high on both sides, a clear error made by the young doctor had led to this unfortunate situation.
The doctor’s apology and explanation only went so far, the little boy could not be brought back; however the doctor could compensate the couple financially, a deal was eventually done, which allowed the parties to put this unfortunate situation behind them to an extent and to now concentrate on moving forward.
