said by billydunwood:No, but complete misdiagnoisis and sending a 90 year old person home with a big infection might be bordeline abuse. They sent home when he had a big infection, and 2 days later he had a flare up, and is right back in there. This hospital sucks(we have to go here because of insurance reasons). The rudeness just adds to their idiocracy.
It sounds like to me that the nurses and doctors are overworked, rushed, and do not have enough time to do everything or have personal lives.
As far as the mis-diagnosis, they probably did nothing wrong. Since they are overworked and short staffed they made the best diagnosis they could out of the information they had.
The only way you can prove malpractice is if they broke protocol in their diagnosis or they can't explain to a judge how they made their diagnosis.
Diagnosing problems with the body is basically the same as diagnosing the problems with anything. You conduct tests/inspections and gather info and then make an assessment. Also, they can be limited by your insurance about what tests they can conduct.
If they are overworked and understaffed your complaining will not do anything as they already know about the problems. Your best shot is to also complain with your insurance company and keep writing letters and making phone calls to get them to approve another hospital.