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Ch 20 Injuries from Medical Treatment
20.1 Unintended Consequences of Medical Treatment
- 20.1.4 General examples - Unintended consequence
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1.A client suffers anaesthesia complications during an operation for the amputation of her leg, which had earlier been crushed in a non-compensable motor vehicle accident. The anaesthesia complications cause brain damage, le — ading to significant impairment and total incapacity for work.
2.A client is blinded in one eye following cosmetic eye surgery. Loss of sight is a known, but very rare, risk factor in that surgical procedure.