{"id":235,"date":"2015-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/former-prison-inmate-brings-medical-malpractice-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:21","slug":"former-prison-inmate-brings-medical-malpractice-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/former-prison-inmate-brings-medical-malpractice-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former prison inmate brings medical malpractice lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally we don\u2019t think about medical care in New York\u2019s prison system. It is not a common topic that we see on news reports; and because of this, it is like prisoners are out of sight and out of mind. Despite this, prison inmates can still be victims of medical malpractice just like people in our own communities.<\/p>\n<p>The story of a former <a href=\"http:\/\/pennrecord.com\/stories\/510639699-former-inmate-sues-doctor-alleging-failure-to-diagnose-gastric-cancer\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania prison inmate<\/a> exemplifies this notion. The inmate had complained about bowel problems while in custody and underwent an upper GI tract diagnostic test by an outside company. The technicians reportedly misread the diagnostic report and they failed to identify an abnormal gastric mass lesion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This problem led to the inmate\u2019s conditioning worsening, which then led to him needing to have blood transfusions to alleviate the problem. As such, the inmate has initiated a lawsuit against the company that performed the test, alleging that it willfully sent a technician who lacked the experience in conducting such diagnoses, and that the delayed (and ultimately incorrect) diagnosis led to the inmate\u2019s further health problems. The inmate alleges that he suffered intense pain, emotional distress and increased risk of serious harm due to the misdiagnosis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/former-prison-inmate-brings-medical-malpractice-lawsuit\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Former prison inmate brings medical malpractice lawsuit\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally we don\u2019t think about medical care in New York\u2019s prison system. It is not a common topic that we see on news reports; and because of this, it is like prisoners are out of sight and out of mind. Despite this, prison inmates can still be victims of medical malpractice just like people in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former prison inmate brings medical malpractice lawsuit &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; October 21, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former prison inmate brings medical malpractice lawsuit - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/former-prison-inmate-brings-medical-malpractice-lawsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Former prison inmate brings medical malpractice lawsuit &#8212; 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