Marine let down by government..

[Josh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6GrHqxbzDY

Dunno if this is a repost or not...but sad/interesting story.

 

[TallBill]

Horrible that it happened. Unfortunately sometimes with the military you have to try over and over.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Horrible that it happened. Unfortunately sometimes with the military you have to try over and over.

No sound at the office, cliffs?

 

[TallBill]

Had melonoma which got misdiagnosed as a wart and ended up dying from it. Family cant sue the government because active duty military cant.

 

[JS80]

What was the point of that news report?

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Had melonoma which got misdiagnosed as a wart and ended up dying from it. Family cant sue the government because active duty military cant.

Ah. Very sad, indeed.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: JS80
What was the point of that news report?

To try to change the law so that active duty military can sue. It wont happen though.

 

[clamum]

That's just fucked.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: JS80
What was the point of that news report?

To try to change the law so that active duty military can sue. It wont happen though.

There would be far too many wrongful death suits. "I didn't want him in Iraq to begin with. He has a family here." or "We shouldn't be in war! Why was my son killed." or "That roadside bomb should have been found!" or "That sniper should have been killed." or "That field medic should have been able to save his life."

 

[rh71]

Pretty disturbing seeing him like that minutes before his death. Unfortunately misdiagnosis happens too often.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: rh71
Pretty disturbing seeing him like that minutes before his death. Unfortunately misdiagnosis happens too often.

Yes, and being in Iraq makes it tougher to get the proper diagnosis. I don't know all of the circumstances but my unit manged to push a few people out to Germany for treatment of medium risk afflictions that the hospitals in Iraq just couldn't handle.

 

[CorCentral]

Can't watch the story because of COURIC! **cough cough** :disgust:
Her voice is as annoying as her face!

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: rh71
Pretty disturbing seeing him like that minutes before his death. Unfortunately misdiagnosis happens too often.

Yea right about when the minute mark hits I was like whoa

 

[SaoFeng]

oh man...crazzzzzzzzzzy

 

[brownzilla786]

The law should change, but it wont.

 

[Mday]

This is sick. I bet the idiot doctor wasn't even disciplined.

 

[JS80]

People love to blame an entity (government, corporation, HMO, insurance) and never the individual responsible for it (in this case some retarded doctors).

 

[biggestmuff]

Topic Title: Doctor misdiagnoses illness

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Topic Title: George W. Bush lets down marine

FIXED

 

[amdhunter]

He had a pussing mole since 1997? Why didn't he see a doctor in the states when he was home? I don't think the military was really at fault, since the doctor did note the problem. He should have sought out a 2nd opinion.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
He had a pussing mole since 1997? Why didn't he see a doctor in the states when he was home? I don't think the military was really at fault, since the doctor did note the problem. He should have sought out a 2nd opinion.

Well, the doctor should've mentioned it and had it treated. That's total BS.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: amdhunter
He had a pussing mole since 1997? Why didn't he see a doctor in the states when he was home? I don't think the military was really at fault, since the doctor did note the problem. He should have sought out a 2nd opinion.

Well, the doctor should've mentioned it and had it treated. That's total BS.

I guess. It seems like a lot of time passed though. At least he had such a huge amount of his family around him when he passed away. I feel so bad that his son had to witness his own father die at such a young age.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: JS80
People love to blame an entity (government, corporation, HMO, insurance) and never the individual responsible for it (in this case some retarded doctors).

True, yet everyone makes mistakes at their jobs. EVERY doctor has made a mistake that led to a person's death. Yes it's sad, but people are just that...people. They are humans and they make mistakes. Hell, if mistakes at my job caused deaths I would be a mass-murderer.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: JS80
People love to blame an entity (government, corporation, HMO, insurance) and never the individual responsible for it (in this case some retarded doctors).

True, yet everyone makes mistakes at their jobs. EVERY doctor has made a mistake that led to a person's death. Yes it's sad, but people are just that...people. They are humans and they make mistakes. Hell, if mistakes at my job caused deaths I would be a mass-murderer.

This doctor misdiagnosed a large thick puss-producing lesion as a "wart". He was also diagnosed in 97 with melanoma an never told or treated. WTF. I'm sorry, these doctors are morons and should have their licenses revoked, if not jailed for negligent homicide.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: brownzilla786
The law should change, but it wont.

No, actually it shouldn't change. Not sure why JS80 would blame Bush since it was the Supreme Court in 1950 who ruled on the Feres Doctrine.

Over the course of armed conflicts there have been many more deaths from illness and disease then from fighting. We're getting amazingly better at lowering those numbers but obviously some cases like this still slip through the cracks. While of course there was a misdiagnosis or several along the way I think that Sgt. Rodriguez and his chain of command should have pushed harder to get rid of the pussy thing.

Of course it is a tragic loss of a soldier's life.