Wiktor Buza
Articles by Wiktor Buza
28 Jan 2021
Misdiagnosis of Cancer and Unnecessary Treatment
A recent case reported by BBC about a care worker being misdiagnosed with cancer which the victim described as a “cruel joke” is a sad case of what happens when a serious medical mistakes happens. The lady in question was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer resulting in her receiving unnecessary as well […]
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27 Jan 2021
Rare Disease Day 28th February 2021
At IMD Solicitors we like to promote awareness and education with a view to ultimately promoting better public health. Therefore, as we recognise Rare Disease awareness day I am going to write about why this is necessary and how we can together make a difference to those who may have a rare disease. We do […]
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19 Jan 2021
COVID-19 – What Can We Learn From The Mary Mallon Story
I recently attended a fascinating talk by Prof. Judith W. Leavett, Emeritus, from the University of Wisconsin courtesy of No. 7 Bedford Row Chambers. In the talk the Professor raised some interesting issues which I propose to mention here not least because of where we are with the pandemic but also because it could help […]
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6 Jan 2021
Cancer Operations Postponed Due to Rise in Covid Care
Cancellation of Urgent cancer operations It’s been reported by the BBC today that potentially life-saving cancer operations have had to be postponed due to the rise in Covid patients needing urgent care by King’s College hospital in London. Anyone with cancer in need of urgent care will be worried by these developments but we hope […]
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24 Nov 2020
Care Home Coronavirus Medical Negligence Claims
We are all in a state of shock with what is happening but something I heard on the news last night really upset me. I heard that of the 400,000 care home residents in the U.K. about 20,000 died during the pandemic, with some deaths not even counted in the data we hear almost daily. […]
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10 Nov 2020
Cyclist Receives £40,000 Compensation
Cyclist receives £40,000 compensation Our specialist team of personal injury lawyers has recently recovered £40,000 for a client injured in a bicycle accident. Our client was cycling to work along the main road in Salford. Suddenly and without warning a vehicle approaching from ahead turned right and in the path of our client. He hit […]
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4 Nov 2020
Covid 19 and the aftermath
For the past few weeks it seems we have been in a bad dream but when the dust settles we will have time to pause and reflect. There will be a reflection on the government’s strategy and decisions to deal with this pandemic. There will be many questions on patient safety, NHS staff safety and […]
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28 Sep 2020
Primodos Drug, Birth Defect And Compensation
We have heard in the news that following an in depth investigation by Sky News the campaign to seek redress for a pregnancy test drug called Primodos has led to an apology from the Health Secretary however, there is no evidence that the manufacturers of the drug are prepared to compensate the victims. The victims […]
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3 Jun 2020
Impact of Coronavirus on Medical Negligence Claims
We are in unchartered territory and we are all affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. Those pursuing medical negligence claims and those who may have complaints will wonder how they will continue to get justice when they are also facing a moral dilemma as to whether or not to continue with their complaint as they […]
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