When a mystery illness strikes a child, a worried parent reasonably expects a doctor to diagnose the problem.<\/p>\n
It was 2005 when the plaintiff took her young daughter to a pediatrics center to see her regular doctor. That physician was not available and another doctor looked at the plaintiff\u2019s daughter. The mother was concerned about her daughter\u2019s fever, headache and sore neck. The new doctor, who had only just completed her medical residency, diagnosed allergies, and sent the child home with allergy medication.<\/p>\n
According to trial records, the plaintiff asked the defendant if there were other tests that could be done, as she did not think her child was having allergy issue. Apparently, the doctor said no further tests were necessary. Still concerned, the mother asked the physician to take a blood sample, just in case her daughter might have meningitis, an inflammation of the brain tissue caused by an infection in the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When a mystery illness strikes a child, a worried parent reasonably expects a doctor to diagnose the problem. It was 2005 when the plaintiff took her young daughter to a pediatrics center to see her regular doctor. That physician was…<\/span><\/p>\n