One of the unfortunate incidents that may happen as a result of failure to diagnose the source of lower back pain is that the hospital decides to remove a kidney, believing that it's the kidney that causes that pain. This kind of negligence occurs as a result of a mistaken conclusion by medical staff, without conducting all the proper and necessary tests and imaging studies, that a person's pain is caused by kidney or kidney stones rather than by one of the adjacent bone or muscle problems. Sometimes, a hospital will try to save money by not referring a patient for MRI to determine the exact cause of pain, counting on the fact that kidneys are not the source of pain, especially if the patient is young, and his chances of having kidney issues are statistically low.
A careful review of medical records and the procedures done during the diagnosis of back pain is necessary in order to determine whether the treating facility may be found liable for wrongfully removing a kidney.
A careful review of medical records and the procedures done during the diagnosis of back pain is necessary in order to determine whether the treating facility may be found liable for wrongfully removing a kidney.
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