hello i need some advice please,my wife had a baby but after birth the midwife didn't think she needed stitches but the same day my wife complained and told midwife she feels some thing hanging down below and it looks like skin,but midwife said to her its blood clot but my wife replied i just had a shower so if it is blood clot it should have washed out but, midwife sat down and made us feel very stupid by asking is it 1st baby and we said yes, and she said ok do not worry its just blood clot making us feel we don't know anything but she never examined my wife,anyways 4days later my wife were still complaining and said she is in agony down below and can't sit down properly and can't walk properly either and she kept asking for codeine and painkillers but no one ever concerned and never asked my wife she needs to be examined because of this pain,anyways we went home 4days after birth and the next day a community midwife came around and checked my wife and she was shocked when she saw my wife like that and she told us to go back to hospital straight away because this skin shouldn't be there and its infected anyway we went back to hospital and they gave her some strong antibiotics to get rid of infections and then they will operate her but 1week later they said we can't do operation until end of april so that's 2months after giving birth ,and the Senior nurse knows about that because i have made a complaints to the hospital so my question is what should i do ? am i entitled to ask for compensation as they admit that they let us down and they should have done better to prevent that and all this trouble we have and God knows if she can ever have baby or be able to make love again or not because doctor was concerned about that too ,so please all i need some advice where to start to make a claim and if i do formal complain to NHS will they be able to compensate us without getting solicitors involved or we should go to solicitors so please all i just need friendly advice no non sense answers, thank you for your help
well i din't mean myself personally seeking compensation i meant my wife ,
Answer by MsJamers RN
Holy crap. How am I suppose to read that with absolutely zero periods to end the sentences.
Answer by Mrs Logic
The first thing that struck me was you asking if you could seek compensation. Your wife could maybe but not you. I am not just nit picking, I am curious to know if your wife feels the same as you?
I know it has been awful. I was stitched wrongly and didn't have sex that wasn't sore for 5 years! It was only after my second child that they fixed what they had done wrong 5 years previous. BUT I didn't pursue it. I should have. I think I am trying to say that I think they will be able to fix your wife.
I don't have a great legal knowledge but I think your first port of call is an offical complaint (made by your wife~sorry! Or you and your wife but not you alone) to the NHS. (keep copies/records of all communications) and go see a solicitor at the same time. Not one of these no win no fee people, they are a joke! Get good legal advice. It sounds to me like you both have a good case.
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