Medical Malpractice in Qatar
By supersonic_bird •
Please need some advice regarding medical malpractice here in Qatar.
How does a patient or their families protected by the law againts medical malpractice. What punishment/ penalties they are to received once proven guilty? Is the establishment such as hospital be liable also where the malpractice was committed?
Have anybody experience medical malpractice here in Qatar?
COME ON EVERYBODY...HAVE YOUR SAY! share your pleasant/ unpleasant experiences regarding medical malpractice!
I believe this concerns everybody.
yes, that is very hard, and I agree one child never replaces another - I have had three daughters and lost two close to birth but I still feel incredibly lucky to have the one - some women never get that far. If you think your friend would like to talk to someone who has had a similar experience, please feel free to PM me, if not I totally understand. Otherwise just be there for her if and when she needs to talk.
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"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
i do no tknow exactly- only sha had told me that the baby could have survived if she had gone to the gov. hospital at once .
they burried her here in qatar . i met them only later on . they told me about their tragedy -and i did not dare to ask for more information .
but the moral of that story for me was : choose the gov.hospital rather than private clinics . the nurses can be harsh there and the service can seem to be not personal - but they have very big experience - they see so big number of pregnant women - that it is something more important than any other things .
my friend is a happy motherof two - but i do not think that one child can replace the other . the scar will be always hers .
I don't want to pry but did your friend ever find out why her baby died? It helps if there is an obvious reason but often there is none and its called "unexplained stillbirth" which is very hard to take. Did the hospital offer any explanation at all?
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"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
yes, same for me, I'd reported little movement in the week before, had check-ups right up until the day before, but as I was still getting at least ten kicks a day they considered all was well, that was the 'standard' back then ('93). During my next pregnancy I made sure I was admitted to hospital over the same week that I lost my first, and if I had any worries at all during the whole of the pregnancy, no matter what time of day or night, I went up to the hospital for a fetal heart trace - everyone understood my concern. It was all very stressful but in the end I had a big, beautiful, healthy baby girl.
You never forget the babies you lose and I wish your friend well for the future and I hope she is able to go forward with another pregnancy when she is ready.
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"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
it was very sad to read about it . but if the mum already was worried and she reported weak and rare fetal movements - then why those private hospitals could 'not keep her under observation?
Same thing happened to me with my first pregnancy in the UK and I was under the care of the maternity department of a large university teaching hospital - hard though it is sometimes these things just happen and there are no answers and not much more anyone could have done. Even with all the medical advances in obstetrics today, there is still a lot that isn't known. I had the care of a wonderful consultant who was very kind to me and I know that everyone did everything they could have done. I know how hard it is though, and I feel for your friend.
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"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
are we supposed to tell here horror stories ?
well, one of my compatriots got worried at the end of her 8 month pregnancy -as she felt the kicking less and less often . She went to two different private hospitals -because gov.women hospital is said to keep women in for every little things .private hospital doctors said " no prob " - you can go home - the baby seemed to be OK .During the night the kickings stopped totally .She rushed to the gov, hospital -but it was too late .She had to deliver a still-born baby .
They did not take any legal action against the private hospitals .
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Sorry to hear your problems
I can only but praise the Qatar Medical Service.
I have been treated excellently and I am extremely grateful for that.