Talk:R v Cheshire

Negligence of Medical Staff?

Does anyone know if there was a medical doctor that discussed whether or not the treatment of the victim and lack of diagnosis for the breathing problem was reasonable or ignorant? I've just read about this case, and I think the person treating the victim was at fault (proximate cause), because the healer had the responsibility to heal the individual. If despite the best efforts of the reasonable/average doctor the victim would have died, then I can perceive why the court held the defendant liable. Otherwise, wow, this seems like garbage by the court. It says the victim had already undergone surgery, so the chain of causation should have broke upon the act of surgery (healing). It appears the doctors didn't diagnose the respiratory problem, which was the cause of death rather than the stabbing (because that should have been taken care of already). The respiratory tube fitting was the independent variable and the dependent variable was the victim's breathing. Sure, yeah, duh. It was medical negligence that had a significant impact on the death of the victim. P>0.05. I'm surprised medical evidence hasn't been used to vacate this case already. --Cyberman (talk) 09:33, 24 September 2014 (UTC)