According to Taiwanese media reports, a man named Shen went to a clinic for a health checkup five years ago. The doctor did not find a tumor in his lungs from a chest X-ray. Shen died of lung cancer three months later. The family members believed that the clinic and the doctor's misinterpretation had caused Shen's delay in treatment, and they sued the clinic and the two doctors for compensation. Based on appraisals from other hospitals, the Taipei Court found that the medical examination clinic and the two doctors had made a miscarriage of justice, and ruled that the clinic and the two doctors should compensate Shen's family for a total of more than NT$3.42 million, which can be appealed.
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Family members claim that Mr. Shen went to this clinic for physical examination on October 28, 2014. The chest X-ray examination report only recorded that his aorta was curvature and there was no abnormality. He was hospitalized for treatment and was found to have a large 7.4 cm tumor in his chest, which had spread to other places. He died of lung cancer in January of the following year. The family later reviewed the chest X-ray from the physical examination and sent it to another hospital for interpretation. The doctor believed that based on the X-ray at that time, lung lesions could be seen. There was a suspected abnormality of 2 to 2.5 centimeters in the right chest, and further examination was necessary. The family believes that the doctor at the physical examination clinic made an error in interpreting the X-ray film, which led to Shen's delayed treatment and loss of chance of survival, and they filed a lawsuit against the clinic and the doctor for compensation.
The clinic argued that Shen's first check-up at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital did not diagnose cancer . After a checkup two days later, it was discovered that it was " metastatic cancer ", which was the fourth stage of cancer. Even though the physical examination found lesions, it was still Does not affect survival rate. Before Shen's physical examination, he filled out his own self-reported report that he had no coughing symptoms and showed no signs of lung cancer. Moreover, the identification results of Hexin Hospital only suspected abnormalities, but did not indicate whether it was lung tumor , or whether the tumor was in the fourth stage.
The court ruled that according to the identification results of Hexin Hospital, the X-ray film showed a suspected abnormality in the right chest near the hilum, and it was necessary to continue to conduct further examinations with X-ray or computerized tomography, which was sufficient evidence that the X-ray film Shen's lesions could be detected and were enough for doctors to interpret, but doctors surnamed Chen and Liu made misjudgments, which was inconsistent with clinical medical standards and medical routines. The judge believed that due to the doctor's misjudgment, Shen thought everything was normal and did not conduct further examinations to seize the opportunity for early treatment. If it were not the doctor's fault, Shen would have conducted further examinations and would not have waited until two months later to discover the mass. He concluded that Shen failed to treat the disease as early as possible. There was a causal relationship between the medical treatment and the doctor's misinterpretation. It was ruled that the clinic, doctors surnamed Chen and Liu should jointly and severally compensate Shen's wife more than NT$1.34 million, compensate Shen's son more than NT$1.08 million, and compensate Shen's mother more than NT$990,000. They can still appeal.
(Editor: Anle)
