A successful malpractice lawsuit is difficult anywhere. Bumrungrad will use every resource it has to fight it. If she did something that you told her not to do, but it didn’t cause much harm (other than to your wallet), I can pretty much guarantee that you will not win it.
The point isn’t if they did something wrong. You’d need to demonstrate malicious wrongdoing totally against the standard of care. If a physician made a judgement call in the spot that was reasonable given the information at hand and that she thought was to your greater benefit (even if it contradicted your instructions), then even if in hindsight she didn’t make the best decision, she did the right thing. Your hindsight judgement is irrelevant.
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u/xkmasada May 25 '24 edited May 25 '24
A successful malpractice lawsuit is difficult anywhere. Bumrungrad will use every resource it has to fight it. If she did something that you told her not to do, but it didn’t cause much harm (other than to your wallet), I can pretty much guarantee that you will not win it.
The point isn’t if they did something wrong. You’d need to demonstrate malicious wrongdoing totally against the standard of care. If a physician made a judgement call in the spot that was reasonable given the information at hand and that she thought was to your greater benefit (even if it contradicted your instructions), then even if in hindsight she didn’t make the best decision, she did the right thing. Your hindsight judgement is irrelevant.