Helping People

I’m a physician assistant. I helped a person who met with an accident and sustained severe injuries. But, the person died while carrying him to the hospital after giving first aid. Am I liable for his death?

My neighbor’s son while playing in our garden got hurt. In order to stop the bleeding I had to give this child a few stitches. The wound is taking too long to heal and the parents are blaming me for the help. I am a registered doctor and I know that the wound would soon heal, it just that it will take time. Just in case the parents file a case, will I have to compensate them in any way?

I fell while riding my bike. I asked a person who was passing by to drop me at the nearest clinic. This person agreed to help. While I was getting inside his car, his kid (3 years old) threw his toy over me that hit right on my wound. Can sue this person for what his child did to me?

I helped a guy at the accident scene. This was a hit and run case. What I did was I dropped this victim at the hospital called his wife (got her no. from victim’s wallet) and left the place. The nurses had come and taken over. I don’t know what happened further. I did not wait to fill in the forms or other formalities to happen as I was getting for an exam. Could I land in trouble?

I am a doctor. The other day I asked the nurse on duty to administer CPR on a patient. I was attending another emergency patient at that time. Now this patient didn’t respond to the CPR and died. Now the family is blaming me for his death. They say I should not have called the nurse and should have given CPR myself. Can I claim protection under the Good Samaritan law?