OMG how can this happen ... it is terrible. Oh you want to know what I am on about. Well one of our big hospitals here in Australia is being sued because they gave someone wrong HIV test results. Saying that they were HIV + when they were not.

The hospital put the person onto HIV Medication and told them to take it twice a day, when they should not have been on them in the first place.

Now there is a high chance that the person could catch HIV from the medication that they were using cause it does something with HIV anti-bodies.

The worst part of the story though is the fact that the young guy that was told he was HIV + when he wasnt tried to kill himself and it nearly worked. And it may still work ... cause he is now on life support fighting for his life. And he still has no idea that he actually isnt positive.

The hospital found the mistake and then told his parents, who are now sueing the hospital.

I will not mention the hospitals name for legal reasons. But this is SO wrong.

I feel so sorry for the people involved in this. My heart goes out to the person and his family.

 

 

 

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Yes, knowing that you are going to die a slow death is terrible. Life becomes living HELL.

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i thought my life was a living hell already. The medicine they use has the HIV disease in it already thats how they use the anti-body to treat it. I cant believe that a doctor can mistake something like that. Well i hope this issue can be resolved as much as possible. So he didnt find out that he wasnt HIV + until he was about to die from it? I guess that is a living hell situation then.

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ya ... what would you do if you know that you are dying soon ?? there will be no tomorrow ...

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thats terrible
Now he is dieing from the meidicne that shorrible

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Nothing and no one is perfect. Mistakes can happen. Unfortunately, this mistake had serious consequences. However, mistakes need to happen so we can learn how to prevent them. Its life. My condolences to the family, they have every right to sue for medical costs and such, but I don't know what more money will do to heal there emotional scarring.... Thats another story and topic about human greed. >.>

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Mainly i know that if you know you are going to die it will be tough. However, wouldn't it make you want to get the most out of the time that is left like do the things you always wanted to do? Like seriously if i knew i was going to die, i definitely would go ski diving and conquer as many of my fears as i could so that when i died i would know that i lived a full life even though it was shorter than i wanted.

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This is nothing when compared to what private hospitals in India are doing to their patients.

Not all private hospitals are like that but there many who tell lies to patients to gain money.


I really wish someone would stop this.

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After this and the 'Dr. Death' saga, one would have to start to wonder about the Australian health system, which has been hailed as being amongst the worlds greatest.

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Very true-

However about the money-

This is not a matter of human greed- if your child dies on the accord of a careless mistake, I'd sue for every penny they had, and then for some they didn't. There's no greater loss then to live longer than your child, and if you ever have to experience such loss, you'll know exactly what I mean.

Condolences to the family, good luck to the medical professionals involved.

Panda

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