If the deck of an Aircraft Carrier is the busiest and most dangerous part of the entire ship, the Emergency Room, or ER, is the counterpart inside a hospital. In fact, it may even be worse because Emergency Rooms can be highly unpredictable.

No one can predict when a gunshot victim, the result of a robbery, will come in. Nor can anyone predict when multiple construction workers, injured by a collapsed building, will come in.

From a relaxed environment where doctors and interns get to pretend that wheelchairs are bumper cars, the place changes in to a serious area full of wild activity. Doctors will be shouting; nurses will be running; relatives will be crying; and patients may be dying.

It is during this time that patients are at their most vulnerable. And any mistake, even a minor one, by healthcare professionals, can dictate whether a person lives or dies.

And when a patient does die, the attending physicians will always end up saying that they did all that they could for the patient. And that dying was just not something they could hold back, given the seriousness of a patient’s injuries.

Naturally, questions will be asked by the surviving relatives. And it is possible that the truth will be obscured by healthcare professionals in order to protect their jobs.

Given this lack of cooperation, surviving relatives may have to resort to filing for medical negligence compensation just so they can learn the truth of what happened. And with the truth, the surviving ones may begin to find closure.

The Courts and Impressions
Entertaining speculations is not something that
the courts will ever do, whether the subject at bar be accident claims or
property claims. It belies the entire tradition of the judiciary to determine
cases based purely on facts, to invite motions for reconsideration based purely
on new facts, and to prevent new readings of former cases in the lack of these.
Some people see this fact-based approach of the courts to be too restrictive and
unimaginative. They think that the courts are abusing their privilege of
arbitrating cases by applying rigidly only one standard.


These people are erroneous. In the first place, although using this approach
may be too restrictive, restrictiveness in this case is only for our collective
good. Surely, no one would deny that an interpretation based on a complete set
of facts is much better than one made based on an imperfect set of facts. Do
these people think that lies, for the sake of variety, should supplant or share
the stage with the truth? Second, as regards the charge of want of imagination,
these people should know that the courts is not the place to conjure up
fantastic and chimerical facts merely to satisfy anybody’s creative hunger. The
courts were established to elucidate the truth. If drab methods are the most
effective ways wherein they could do this, then that should not be ascribed as a
fault to them. They are just doing their jobs.


Predictability in Law
Why is it exactly that the courts do not permit
speculations to be included in judicial deliberations? For what reason can
judges restrict such meetings, whether about accident claims or not, to bare
facts? The main reason is that cases decided upon taking into account mere
speculations is tantamount to denigrating the search for truth into the search
for the most popular make-believe. The courts, if ever they are genuinely
interested in deciding cases justly, are right in refusing to take in
speculations because they are, strictly speaking, neither true nor false, and
only those which have been proven true can be talked and written about
intelligently.


Here is a practical dilemma. Suppose we were to decide right now that
speculations should have the same weight or force as a proven statement of fact.
Then what can prevent claimants or defendants from accusing each other of the
worst things they can possible conjure up, for it must be granted that man’s
imagination when once fired up and bound by no rules can stretch to endless
leaps and lengths? How can the courts transact their businesses when the first
step in judicial procedure, the statement of facts, will never be at a close?
Furthermore, how will the outcome of such a case be treated? Any way, we think,
except seriously.

Claims for clinical negligence require evidence to prove its validity. A person who intends to file a claim needs to submit the needed information to the medical negligence solicitors.

Medical negligence solicitors need important information in assessing the situation such as the date of the accident or the “date of knowledge” wherein the symptoms of injury or illness becomes apparent and the date admitted to the emergency or hospital including the name and address of the hospital. In addition to this, the contact details of the doctors who attended during the treatment should be submitted. This includes the complete name, business address and phone numbers of the doctor. The names, addresses and phone numbers of the witnesses are also included.

Apart from this, there are pertinent documents that should be submitted by the injured person to the lawyers. The medical statement from the doctor who attended during the consultation and treatment is vital evidence that can be presented in court. A written statement from the witnesses can help in the investigation and will serve as a proof. Other documents include medical bills, receipts of items bought because of the injuries and other expenses incurred due to the injury or illness. These documents can be used as evidence in bringing a claim.

Info about the Claims Process

Medical negligence solicitors are responsible in the claims process. 

The appointed lawyer will assess the information and documents submitted by the client. A discussion about the litigation process will be clearly explained. The lawyer will conduct investigation and gather evidence. He will prepare the correspondence to the concerned parties. 

A letter of claim will be sent to the offending party. It contains the summary of the incident including the nature of the injury or illness and the financial loss incurred by the client. The claimant’s complete name, full address and details of the incident and injury suffered by the victim are also indicated in the correspondence.

Another correspondence is the letter of instruction to the medical expert. It contains the information about the claimant and the request for medical examination. Specific details should be indicated like the type of injuries, treatment, current condition, prognosis, duration of pain, effect of the injuries or illness on one’s daily activities and the recovery period of the victim. The medical report is considered as strong evidence in seeking for compensation. A lawyer’s ability to provide valuable advice can help in achieving the right compensation. It is essential to ask for an expert legal advice to attain the main goal. 

Solicitors and Professionals
A good question to ask when determining whom to ask regarding your accident at work claim is whether or not you should consult a professional or just a law school student. Although people who have the luxury of such a choice are rare since not many people have acquaintances or relatives studying law, it is still pertinent to ask because there are corresponding advantages no matter whom you choose.

For one thing, it is not entirely a bad idea to consult with a law school student because in our educational system, those who have graduated from law-related courses but are still completing their education to become a barrister can offer legal advice even though they cannot offer legal representation yet. Thus, if all you need is advice, then approaching such students can be an enlightening experience. Most of all, such advice can even be dispensed with for free or at a much lower cost than with that of a professional’s. On the other hand, the advantages of asking a professional is that you can be assured that the opinion he will give you is sound and that if you do choose to file a claim that you can trust him to represent you, assuming of course that your case is meritorious.

Vices of Each
It has occurred to not a few that maybe instead of consulting with an accident at work lawyer, they should just approach their relatives or friends currently studying law and ask them whether or not they should file a claim. Aside from the possibility of getting free advice, they could also be enlightened as to their cases’ chances of winning with the same amount of certitude as with a professional. In these senses, asking students may not be a terrible idea.

There are several risks in doing so, however. For one thing, students, as opposed to professionals, do not really possess a complete picture of our jurisprudence yet. Since they are still in the process of learning it, their advice may be imprecise. They might tell you, for example, that you may be compensated for your accident, but this advice may be rendered nugatory without any of you knowing it, because it might be covered by an exception clause, a clause that law school students will not be cognizant of yet except in their final year in law school. This example may be multiplied many times because law school subjects tend to overlap. What is studied now will probably be modified next year. This is a normal process because the law is such a variegated subject and cannot be compartmentalized as neatly as other subjects, such as mathematics or science.

Here’s for the health buff. 

Online news recommends 10 healthy veggies and fruits juices which include beetroot juice, tomato juice, pineapple juice, cucumber juice, carrot juice, cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, pomegranate juice, mixed vegetable juice and cherry juice.

Just by reading a variety of juice makes you crave to get one. Good news is that it satisfies your cravings and at the same time it’s healthy and nutritious too. Here’s why…

Beetroot is rich in nitrate and lowers blood cholesterol. Tomato is enriched with lycopene and helps fight cancer. Pineapple juice is a good source of vitamin C which is also anti-inflammatory and boosts the immune system. Cucumber contains nutrients like Vitamin A. It also contains sodium that helps balance electrolytes in the body. Carrot has beta carotene that converts to Vitamin A. Cranberry helps cure urinary tract infection. The fat-burning properties of grapefruit makes it’s a healthy diet drink. Pomegranate is like the beetroot that lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk of heart diseases. Mixed veggies like spinach with berries and bananas or any variation is also healthy. Last but not the list is cherry which helps fight cancer and lowers cholesterol. Berries contain antioxidants plus anti-inflammatory properties.

These veggies and fruits are easy to get. You can just pick it from the garden like the tomatoes or grab it from the shop. It’s also easy to prepare. Just pick, slice and mix. That’s it! You can enjoy a healthy drink. Making your own juice or smoothies is healthier than artificially-flavored drink. You can make a variety of flavours based on your taste. 

Before you indulge with any healthy drink, you should inform your doctor about your diet. Some fruits like grapefruit have effects when taken with certain medicines. Doctors are expected to inform and warn their patients before prescribing a medicine. Medical negligence may arise as a result of wrong prescription of medicines. Victims of this type of case consult injury claims solicitors for legal assistance in claiming for compensation for the damage. 

So which one of the drinks you prefer? Slurp it and enjoy it with ice!