A female IT worker asked for compensation after a doctor misdiagnosed her condition, injected her with antihistamines until she could not see, and then transferred her to another hospital. It was determined that she had ‘Stevens-Johnson syndrome level 10’, which affects only 6 out of 1 million people.
Ms. Sasinan, 31 years old, along with her husband, traveled to ask for help from the Sai Mai Must Survive page in the case of going to a famous private hospital to treat her red eyes and sore throat, but the doctor misdiagnosed her and injected her with antihistamines 3 times, causing her to have a severe allergic reaction and have to be sent to the ICU, where she was hospitalized for 3 months. The doctor allowed her to go home, but she had to suffer with a disfigured face, near-blindness in both eyes, and she lost her job. The hospital only took responsibility for letting her come back to receive treatment for her symptoms.
The victim recounted that this incident happened on June 18th. She had red eyes. The
next day (June 19th), she bought medicine to take herself. Normally, it would get better every time, but this time it didn’t get any better. On June 20th, she decided to seek treatment at a famous hospital in the Phaholyothin area because of her sore throat and red eyes. After receiving treatment, the doctor diagnosed that her tonsils were inflamed, gave her an injection of antihistamines, and sent her home. Not long after returning home, she began to feel tightness in her chest, a rash spread all over her body, her eyes started to blur, and her mouth was swollen. She called the hospital to ask about it. The hospital staff made an appointment for her to see a specialist on June 21st. The specialist diagnosed that it might be chickenpox, gave her another injection of the same antihistamines, and admitted her to the hospital.
After the same injection for a while, the symptoms became more severe. The red rash started to spread more. The left eye could not see. The right eye could only see 50%. So, I quickly not
ified the nurse. Later on June 22, the doctor rushed me to the ICU and gave me the same antihistamine for the third time. This made me feel dizzy and blurry. My body started to go numb and I lost consciousness. I was in the ICU for 7 days, but my symptoms did not improve. The hospital then transferred me to a second hospital. The second hospital diagnosed me with ‘Stevens-Johnson syndrome level 10.’ I was treated at the second hospital for another month and 15 days before the red rash stopped spreading. However, my vision was still not as good as before. So the second hospital sent me back to the first hospital for treatment.
After returning to the first hospital for 1 month, the hospital let me go home to continue my recovery, even though my vision is still poor and I have scabs from rashes on my face and body. The hospital said that they will make another appointment for treatment. Now, life is very difficult. My right eye can only see 50%, and my left eye has white clouds. I can’t walk anywhere by myself.
I have to be held by someone all the time. I am very sad that I have to be sick like this. Before I got sick, I had a bright life as an IT worker. I was going to open an online sales channel, but my dream was shattered because the doctor misdiagnosed me. What I am most worried about now is that the first hospital that treated me will help treat my vision so that I can see again. In the past, every time I received treatment, I used my social security card. I believe that I might not get good medicine. Therefore, I want the hospital to take responsibility by providing good medicine that is not covered by social security. I would like to demand compensation for both being fired from work and disfigurement. The hospital must be responsible for this.
For the cause of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, doctors still do not know the exact cause, but believe that it is caused by infection and the use of certain medications, which may be factors that trigger this disease, or factors from genetics, genes, and a defective immun
e system, which this disease will be found in only 6 out of 1 million people. In Thailand, there was a patient with this disease 20 years ago.
Source: Thai News Agency