Chicago Hospital Accused of Cutting Throats for $160,000

[Dustlawyer]

23. Finally, a case most doctors would agree is a breach of the standard of care!

Being an attorney with chronic health problems and raising a son with a terminal illness, it's safe to say I have had my share of interactions with doctors and other healthcare professionals. I have met some wonderful and talented professionals, but I have also seen many who were strictly for the money. Even though I have never handled a medical malpractice case I am treated differently, and what was worse, my children were too.
I had a pediatrician, go from ordering one test for him in the E.R. Which he spoke with me about and said that would tell him what he needed to know. He also ranted about lawyers for awhile. When the business person came and took me to experience the joy that is signing to pay a bill you don't know how big it will be, the doctor found out I was an attorney. That was when the shit hit the fan! He ordered more procedures, lab work, more x-rays, Cat Scan... This was the only time I had been in ANY E.R. where there were no other patients. The room had been full of all of the nurses and an x-ray tech. They told me the doctor had freaked out when he was told I was an attorney. I had not told him simply because the 1st story he told me about concerning lawyers ended when he said he will punch the next one out who tries to take him to Court. I knew he would not treat us well by that point, and boy I was sure right about that.
Doctors, like cops, will immorally cover for their own. Lawyers, some by nature, will go after anyone! Thankfully, there are exceptions to the rule, like the nurses who ratted the doctor out! One seemed to know and dislike the guy, but the other 2 new what pain and fear my son suffered so the doctor could cover his ass! That's my rant for the day.