Pages On: Hip Injuries
Hip injuries are not just problems for the elderly, damage to our hips can be caused by a myriad of accidents that can leave us immobile for a long time. A hip injury can lead to several other issues for a person, and restrict their ability to live and work. In the worst cases, a hip injury can leave someone wheelchair bound, but even minor ones can leave someone with little-to-no movement for a while. If you’ve suffered a hip injury, and it wasn’t your fault, you may be able to claim personal injury compensation.
Cancer Misdiagnosis leaves mother with days to live
Posted: 20 July 2015
Posted in: Hip Injuries, Leg Injuries, Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
33-year-old Kaley Fitzsimmons has issued an appeal after doctors blamed the symptoms of her cancer on ‘over-exercising’ after giving birth. Ms Fitzsimmons gave birth to her daughter in April of last year, after years of thinking she would be unable to have a baby due to kidney failure. She finally underwent a successful kidney transplant at the age of 15. Ms Fitzsimmons said: “I had always wanted to be a mother and was grateful that my transplant had made that possible. We were over the moon.” Ms Fitzsimmons, a fitness…
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Investigation into resident’s death at care home
Posted: 3 April 2013
Posted in: Hip Injuries, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
The former owners of a Buckinghamshire care home have been sentenced for serious safety failings after a frail 76-year-old woman died following a fall from a hoist. Aylesbury Crown Court was told that Mrs Barbara Kilty, who had been resident at the home for more than three years, slipped from her wheelchair after she was transferred from her bed using a hoist. She broke her hip as a result of the fall but the incident was not reported within the care home. Ten days after the incident, Mrs Kilty was…
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Claim Compensation for Pelvic or Hip Injuries
Posted in: Hip Injuries, Personal Injury
The hip is the area of the body where the thigh meets the pelvis. The hip or pelvis joins the lower body to the upper body whilst allowing the legs to move freely. The hip or pelvis can be injured in any number of ways and when it gets damaged it can be painful and potentially immobilising. Common Causes of Pelvic & Hip Injury The most common accidents that can result in a hip or pelvic injuries are road traffic accidents, workplace accidents, medical negligence and slips, trips and falls.…
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