For People Injured While on Medical Tourism in Germany

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I know that many people read forums for information, feedback about doctors, hospitals, procedures etc.
Most of those people dont post but they are all out there trying to educate themselves, trying to make the best choice possible. Sometimes those choices turn out into a non ending lifetime nightmare.

The information in this post might help those who was injured in Germany while on medical tourism.

There are organizations in Germany that suppose to look after surgeons/doctors to ensure that people are not being harmed. In my limited knowledge, different parts of Germany have different organizations that overlook the above.

How I learned it: When I was in Germany, I had a pastor visiting me (I was lying in bed after my Prodisc-L implantation) and he told me that in Germany, the injured person who doesnt want to deal with court or dont have money, can use one of those organizations for an evaluation of what one thinks was incorrectly done. The evaluation is for free and its kind of part of the set up system, to make sure that people can address or simply evaluate their devastating experiences with doctors or clinics by independent professionals.

The injured in Germany person can send them (by mail) a detailed complaint and medical data with copies of reports, MRIs etc.; statements from other doctors regarding the issue etc.; and ask for an evaluation of the case. I think English is OK. Its absolutely free but it doesnt guarantee that they will look at it (if you are not a German resident), or that a doctor(s) chosen for the evaluation will not be biased in one way or another. It might take one year or more. But for some people, it might be the only hope in order to understand what took place.

For Bavarian Region the organization name is: "Gutachterstelle für Arzthaftungsfragen bie der Bayerischen Landesärztekammer" (BLÄK) (Bavarian national physician chamber).

Bayerische Landesärztekammer
Mühhlbaurstraße 16
81677 München
Tel. +49 89 4147-0
Fax: +49 89 4147-280
http://www.blaek.de/

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I know that many people read forums for information, feedback about doctors, hospitals, procedures etc.
Most of those people dont post but they are all out there trying to educate themselves, trying to make the best choice possible. Sometimes those choices turn out into a non ending lifetime nightmare.

Anastasia, Those of us who were crippled and permanently injured from spine surgery appreciate all the information that is available for help and assistance, post operative. I would like to suggest to NeoN that we reserve a forum for just that purpose. We need to compile a list of global advocates to contact if you are an injured research subject and/or patient who had spine surgery with a bad outcome. From my research, I have learned that lab rats and rabbits et al have more rights and protection from medical abuse than human beings. The Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) were designed to protect subjects in research trials done in hospitals or communities with research centers. As it turns out, most if not all IRBs have financial and or professional connections to the research facility and little to no real medical knowledge about the medical procedures that they are set up to review and approve. Most are volunteers and sit on the board more as a social committee than a bona fide oversight commission. It is disgraceful the way hospitals or research centers use IRBs as their own "whitewash" mechanisms. This is why independent advocates are vital for Public Policy protection of subjects who have been abused and then buried in a labrynth of bureaucratic paperwork that covers up the facts and frustrates the media from in depth investigation. I will PM you soon to discuss some proactive solutions. PAG