To put in a claim for medical negligence.

[Beanz2022]

Long story short - went in for c section on the 7th, all successful and baby fine, I was fine. on the 8th I was prescribed a very strong ibruprofen suppository, and then given another strong ibruprofen tablet around an hour later when the space in between Both
of these things should have been 12 hours. I started to vomit and felt dizzy and very nauseas when it happened (at this point didn’t realise what had actually happened - just thought they were giving me the prescribed doses) and did wonder why I started to feel unwell.

responsible midwife came to my bedside around 8 hours later and profusely apologised and admitted to what she had done.

I sat there and I was in shock and just accepted he apologies.

now I’ve actually let it sink in… this could have been a lot worse and could have been my newborn or another baby it happened to.

I also googled symptoms and, and it could be fatal, but I appear to have gotten off lightly with some minor sickness and nausea and dizziness.

I have huge medical anxiety anyway but this has tipped me over the edge.

patient experience nurse came round this morning, and just on her general rounds
and I explained to her what happened and she was just as shocked and doesn’t understand how it happened and has let me log an official complaint!

shall I make a claim or leave it alone?

Thanks

You cannot make a claim for what may have happened!

Well what did you want to happen?

Nurse to lose her job?
Compensation?

You havent been clear

I’d certainly complain because I think it should be logged, because obviously there should be systems in place to prevent this and something went wrong.
When I gave birth they were so strict with the painkillers that if you were in the loo when they came round to give them out to everyone from a locked trolley thing you had to wait until they did the next painkiller “round” 6 hrs later.

Im not sure what you’re thinking you can claim for though

I very much doubt you'd get anywhere with a claim let alone get any sort of financial compensation, if that's what you're after.

Yes, you shouldn't have been given 2 doses so close together, but you haven't suffered any long term ill effects so there's nothing to compensate you for.

You've no chance of getting a payout for this. Ive sued a hospital for the medical negligence of my mother, they accepted they were responsible and it still took a lot of work and about 18 months (even with a good solicitor).

Log it with 101

Yes. You make a claim for the distress and possible PTSD you’re likely to suffer if you decide to have another baby.

If you’d gone privately would you still hesitate to make the claim?

You can’t make a claim for “possible” future conditions @PluckyChancer !!!
Have a read of what constitutes medical negligence OP - speak to a legal firm. Be prepared for vast expenses of legal fees and a lot of stress even if you won (you won’t) and ask how much you’d lose if you pursue legal action and lose. Courts take a dim view of vexatious claims (look that term up too).

And you will get laughed out of court. And a large bill.

There’s nothing here that suggests that the OP has even received a dose outside of therapeutic limits. Just that there was an error because that wasn’t the dose she was supposed to be given.

Presumably you aren’t in the UK as ibuprofen suppositories aren’t available here. Dizziness doesn’t appear to be a symptom of overdose either. So no harm occurred, and assuming your country has similar laws to the U.K., a court would only award compensation if harm occurred (and often not even then).

Assuming there really was a drug error of some kind you absolutely should complain and expect to receive an apology, though.

I suspected that was why I couldn’t find it listed anywhere it should have been.

By strong and very strong can you say the number of mg.

I think it would be reasonable to make a complaint - it might help stop it happening to someone else. I can't imagine you could make a claim for compensation though.

The only thing NHS understands is money so if you don’t put in a complaint and demand compensation for the anxiety and trauma caused by them overdosing you
They are unlikely to learn anything or put in preventative measures to stop the next person potentially being fatally overdosed.
When you put in a complaint with the NHS and arse covering exercise commences immediately there’s no black box thinking in terms of just learning from mistakes apologising and moving on
It becomes a case of who can we throw under the bus for this one?

Your post is full of "could haves". Let it go, you sound vindictive. You came to no harm.

Oh behave yourself 90% of Claims I’ve heard about in real life would be considered vexatious by somebody, usually the losing party.

You're not vile at all. I know exactly what those symptons were you suffered. It's very scary when you are given medication without a sufficient gap. It could have been a lot worse as unpleasant as it was. You and baby are fine. Concentrate on that x

You’ve suffered no long term harm. The nurse apologised and will have had to write a reflection on it and she will never make that error again.

I also googled symptoms and, and it could be fatal

Of course an ibuprofen overdose could be fatal - an overdose of pretty much anything can be - but I highly doubt the dosage you were given was anywhere approaching that level.

I don’t think OP is in the U.K.

Nurses and midwives sometimes make drug errors. You will struggle to find one who hasn't. This is because we are human and all humans make errors, especially when under pressure.

If the midwife apologised to you it's highly likely they've followed procedure and reported the error. From this report their seniors will look to understand why this happened and learn from it.

By all means complain but this reads like you are after a payout and blood for something that cost you nothing.

Op probably means diclofenic? Sorry can’t spell it or properly remember what it’s called but that’s what I’ve had up my bum with my 2 sections !
You have to take an absolute shitload of ibuprofen for it to kill you straight away, it’s more likely to damage your kidneys than anything ! You’re allowed I think 3,200mg per day under medical supervision. Codeine addicts take more than that trying to get their fix.
You should complain obviously but you won’t get any money.

So this sounds awful and scary foe you. And I hope you're now OK and enjoying your new baby

What is it that you want ? Do you feel like you are owed a better apology ? Do you want to know that someone has learned something as a result of this ie won't happen to someone else? Or do you feel you've suffered a loss of something and you want to be made right or compensated for this? If you feel strongly that you have suffered a loss then can you quantify it ? How strongly do you feel about it ? How much of a fight do you want to put up?
If the answer is yes I can quantify it and yes I'm prepared to fight then go ahead. I'd say from what you said then you more need to know that this won't happen again....

You suffered no financial loss and despite some concerning symptoms were unharmed.

My mother actually died because of mistakes in her care (internal NHS investigation confirmed) and we are unable to claim compensation. I don't think a double dose of ibuprofen is going to be anywhere close.

I was 100% given something I was told was an ibuprofen suppository after I gave birth.