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Just for the sake of discussion (not because it will change anyone's mind in this case) I would like to point out what it takes for a finding of malpractice.
First, the medical professional must provide care that does not meet the community standard of care. Second, there must be harm to the patient as a result of the substandard care.
Part one has not been establised in this case with regards to the anesthesia. It could be argued that discharge was premature, but that is rapidly becoming the norm without people having bad outcomes.
As far as the second part, your damages would be limited to the cost of your follow up care and any extra lost income, because you had no permanent loss of function and you had no real suffering (other than a little bit of worry).
I was encouraged by everyone's answers. Unfortunately there are too many people who think bad outcome equals malpractice.
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