Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B) (6), I RECEIVED THIRD DEGREE BURNS FROM A HEATING PAD I HAD PURCHASED AT (B) (6) DRUG STORE. I HAD A BACK PROCEDURE AND WAS TOLD TO APPLY HEAT FOR PAIN. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TOOK PLACE, BUT THE NEXT DAY, I SAW BACK DOCTOR AND ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME. HE SAID, HAVE YOU HAD A HEATING PAD ON YOU, I SAID YES. HE NEVER SAID YOU NEED TO SEE A WOUND CARE CENTER. I GOT PNEUMONIA, SO I HAD GONE TO SEE DOCTOR AT (B) (6) MEDICAL CENTER, AND SHE SENT ME TO WOUND CENTER, WHERE I WAS TREATED FROM (B) (6)2010 TO (B) (6)2010 EVERY WEEK. I WENT WITHOUT TREATMENT FROM (B) (6) TILL (B) (6), 2010 TILL I COULD GET IN WOUND CENTER. I HAVE ENCLOSED A LETTER FROM (B) (4) ATTORNEYS. AT THIS TIME, I FEEL LIKE I AM GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM EVERYONE. MR (B) (6) HAS ALL MEDICAL RECORDS AND PICTURES FROM WOUND TREATMENT CENTER. I SPOKE WITH HIM A FEW DAYS AGO AND HE SAID, HE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH (B) (6) AND I SHOULD HEAR FROM THEM. I SENT PAD FOR INSPECTION TO (B) (4). (B) (6). I RECEIVED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS FROM THIS PAD. IT HAS LEFT A VERY LARGE SCAR ON UPPER LEG AND STOMACH. THE SCAR ON LEG IS ABOUT 3" LONG BY 3/4" WIDE. ON STOMACH 1" LONG BY 3/4" WIDE. BOTH WERE 3RD DEGREE BURNS. I HAD 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON ABOUT 1/2 OF MY STOMACH WHICH HEALED ON THEIR OWN, BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT 4 WEEKS BEFORE I SAW A WOUND CARE SPECIALIST. I HOPE THIS CAN SHED LIGHT ON WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH, AND STILL GOING THROUGH WITH ALL THE RUN AROUND OF WHO OWNED PRODUCT.