Monday, March 04, 2013
Meanwhile - in Australia - Transferring Blame
On the U.K. Daily Mail website, Sara Malm reported this story from Australia:
"A morbidly obese man has been awarded £240,000 in damages from his GP because the doctor failed to refer him to a weight loss clinic or arrange a gastric band surgery.
Luis Almario is suffering from terminal liver cancer, weighs more than 300lbs for his 5ft 6in frame, and blames his doctor for his condition.
The 68-year-old Australian was already suffering from liver disease when he began seeing Dr Emmanuel Varipatis in 1997, an illness which progressed into cirrhosis, liver failure and eventually liver cancer."
