Cancer
- What area of the body did the cancer start?
- What was the cell type and stage at diagnosis?
- What is the current stage and outlook?
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Failure or delay in diagnosis
- What were the symptoms?
- What was the wrong diagnosis?
- What was the right diagnosis?
- How did you get the right diagnosis?
- When should the diagnosis have been made?
- When did it get made?
- How long specifically was the delay (for example, 3 months)?
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Problems after surgery or a procedure
- What was the reason the surgeon recommended the procedure?
- What was the actual mistake that led to your harm?
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Disfigurement
- What was the reason the surgeon recommended the procedure?
- Please email "before and after" pictures of the affected area with your name and contact information to adt@TiMedLaw.com
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Infection
- What was the condition for which you were being treated?
- What was the bacteria or virus that you were infected with?
- What was the actual mistake that led to the infection?
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Wrong drug
- What was the condition for which you were being treated?
- What drug was given?
- What should have been given?
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Recall
- What drug or device was recalled?
- Where is the device or drug bottle now?
- Do you have the Device ID card?
- Why was it recalled?
- Did you suffer from the recall? How?
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Death
- Is there a surviving spouse who will live long enough to bring a claim? Or
- Is there a child under 25 or dependent child?
- Was there an autopsy?
- Do you have the autopsy report?
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Object left behind
- What is the object?
- What was the procedure when the object was left behind?
- When did you find out it was left behind?
- Where is the object now?
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Failure or delay in treatment
- What was the diagnosis?
- What was the right treatment?
- When was the right treatment given?
- When should it have been given?
- How long specifically was the delay (for example, 3 months)?
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