Comments on: Unnecessary Medical Tests, Treatments Cost $200 Billion Annually, Cause Harm https://www.americanpatient.org/unnecessary-medical-tests-treatments-cost-200-billion-annually-cause-harm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unnecessary-medical-tests-treatments-cost-200-billion-annually-cause-harm American Patient Rights Association Sat, 22 May 2021 14:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Paula Martin https://www.americanpatient.org/unnecessary-medical-tests-treatments-cost-200-billion-annually-cause-harm/#comment-7 Wed, 19 May 2021 05:59:39 +0000 https://www.americanpatient.org/?p=6157#comment-7 Despite the doctors at the hospital knowing that my husband had chronic heart disease, 3rd stage kidney disease, peripheral artery disease, septicemia, type 2 diabetes they performed a colonoscopy on this 85-year-old man. In his medical records doctors said that if cancer was found, given his incurable serious medical problems, he would be unable to avail himself of chemotherapy or radiation. In short, he was subjected to a test that depleted his medical condition still further and likely shortened his life. A colonoscopy performed on a fragile patient with many medical problems adds another problem to the mix with no benefits. On November 2020th I became aware of the true extent of the damage done to my husband was from the Colonoscopy done May 2nd 2020. This from an article written by doctors! He was discharged from the hospital on May The 8th and died at home on May 20th of cardiac arrest.

Regarding him signing his consent to have a colonoscopy I doubt he was told that it would result in harming his health and due to his heart condition put him in danger of dying sooner rather than later. I doubt that he was told of noninvasive tests such as Colon Guard that wouldn’t have a harmful effect on his medical condition. Indeed the thought occurs why would a patient agree to a procedure that can harm but not help? Why agree to be tested for something there was no treatment for?

I have contacted more than 50 lawyers but time limits, the cap of $250,000.00 for mental distress, costs, and efforts involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit are undoubtedly the reasons none of the layers contacted agreed to file a lawsuit. I’m unsure which government agency to complain to. I’m unsure if it would be a wasted effort to contact the CEO of the hospital.

This is a heads up that when facing a situation such as this to pause and say “Hold the Horses.”
From what I’ve read since then far too many patients suffer the same results from unnecessary tests It hurts>

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