When Doctors Don't Listen to Patients | The Tragic Case of Martha Mills 

This is a really good video so please don't be offended as I have one very minor correction. A junior doctor is not a medical student. Junior doctors are actually licensed practicing doctors with the most junior being FY1 who is freshly graduated from medical school to any of the early specialty training doctors who have had between 2-5 years. They are definitely not students.

This happened to my daughter. She went to the ER with Bone pain. She was given Tylenol and sent home. She didn't feel better and returned to the ER. They put her in the waiting room. She waited for 6 hours and collapsed on the waiting area floor. I was called to come to the hospital 8 minutes before my daughter died. This happened in Canada. There will be a Coroner's Inquest to investigate the circumstances and investigate why she wasn't treated. She had a treatable infection and should still be here. I miss my daughter.

How the actual fuck can you look at a parent who has just watched their child collapse and have a seizure and tell them "pull yourself together". What the actual fuck

Really infuriating when doctors say "don't look your symptoms/illnesses up on the internet" or "dr. internet is full of misinformation" to dismiss their patients' concerns. The patient may not be a medical professional but they know their symptoms the best. Often seems like an ego issue, especially if the doctor's knowledge is outdated or incomplete.

I work in animal medicine. I cannot believe how quickly our team can detect sepsis even with a patient cannot speak to us. This is unacceptable

This story hits so close to home…my daughter started having severe stomach pains, I immediately contacted her pediatrician and she was checked out and send home with a case of food poisoning. He told me that she could take ibuprofen for the pain as well as pepto and tums, but after 3 days of this and her condition getting worse and not better I again spoke with her doctor. He didnt even see her just had a phone consultation and dismissed her as if she was lying to not have to go to school. But my gut told me that something was wrong and that night I took her to the children’s hospital. Come to find out that she had severe pancreatitis and because her pediatrician just dismissed her and I for several days, her organ was damaged and no longer able to regulate her blood sugar levels with the needed enzymes. She is now a type 1 diabetec and insulin dependent, but handles it like a rockstar 😊So…we took him to court and were able to get a judgement against him for negligence as well as assuring he would never be able to do this to any other child. The judge in the case called it “white coat complex”, so always trust your instincts.❤

ANYONE should be entitled to a second opinion no matter what.

as a veterinarian this is so insane to me bc we learn how to detect this kind of thing without the pacient saying anything. it's kind of terrifying to know that even being told what is happening human doctors still ignore what is right in their faces. rip martha

One thing I’ve learned about sepsis; first learn the signs. No matter who you are. Second, if you suspect sepsis in yourself or a loved one DO NOT STOP MAKING NOISE. Insist that they look for sepsis. If you’re wrong you’re wrong. You are the one paying those medical bills. Scream and shout if you have to. But sepsis is always deadly if not treated. If you have any suspicions at all, INSIST that they check for it. You have every right to do so. Ask for another doctor. Do whatever you need to do. It’s life or death.

My mom had a brain tumor. A couple of days after the surgery, she suddenly and rapidly deteriorated. My dad, who was a young doctor at the time, called for the nurses to alert the doctors. They told him, they'd do so after they had finished changing everyone's bed sheets. My dad told them "No, you're going to call them NOW". Had he not been as confident with his demand, my mom would have died. It must be incredibly traumatic to know that your child's life is on the line but not being able to make your concerns heard. I wish Martha's family a lot of strength!

What creeps me out is that we have a lot of "Marthas", regardless of gender or country, losing their lives by medical neglect.

When I was 14 I got a headache one day in class. I went to the nurse and after some ibuprofen didn't fix it, I was sent home. It was worse the next day and I stayed home from school, the next day it was worse still, a slowly mounting pain in my head, focused behind my eyes, I was having to take copious amounts of over the counter pain killers to help. I spiked a low fever. I went to my pediatrician and she gave me a referral for an eye doctor, but she didn't think it was that big a deal. The eye doctor looked in my eyes and seemed concerned. She told my parents she didn't know what was wrong, it wasn't the eyes themselves, but they weren't dilating properly, she was concerned I was having a stroke, a blockage in the vessels leading to my eyes so she gave me a referral to a neurologist. I never made it to that neurology appointment, it was the next evening but the next morning when I woke up the right side of my face was swollen, red and purple, and looked like it had a ping pong ball resting on it. My mom said I couldn't wait for the neurologist and took me to the ER. A young newly graduated doctor took a look, he sent me for a scan. The scan came back and he looked at it, he thought I was having an allergic reaction to something and almost sent me home with antihistamines and pain killers, but just in case he said "let me ask the attending to double check your scan, I think he's on his way out, I'm gonna see if I can catch him". A bit later the attending walked in with the new doctor, he had on his winter coat, gloves, hat, scarf, carrying his bag, it was mid February and he was ready to go home after a 12 hours shift. He smiled at me and looked at my scan. His smile vanished. He looked at the new doctor, he looked at me, he looked at my parents, he looked back at the scan. He left the room and came back with a text book, thumbing through the pages. He stopped and read something, and put the book down. He said to me "I'm very glad you're here, you need surgery, right now. We're going to clear an OR for you and I'm going to stay to do your surgery" he turned to leave the room and motioned for the new doctor to follow him. He started at a whisper out in the hall and his voice slowly got louder until I could hear him tearing apart the new doctor "What do you mean you didn't see anything??? Look at her scan! This is all infected! This right here, this is all pus! You were gonna send her home? You would've killed that girl!" We found out I had a relatively rare type of infection called orbital cellulitis. The ping pong ball on my face was my eye being forced from its socket by the growing abscess. The swelling was my body's desperate response to keep it in. It was told if we'd come in literally minutes later, we would've missed that attending doctor and I would've lost the eye because he was the only one qualified nearby, they would have had to have air lifted me to the next person and the eye wouldn't have made it that long. Had I been sent home and tried to push through the pain, I'd likely have been dead that night. I spent two weeks recovering in the ICU. I was bounced from doctor to doctor with most not taking it very seriously, I could've ended with the same fate as this poor girl. I'm so lucky I finally saw someone who listened just in time. I can only hope she's at peace.

Sepsis is one of the few medical things that actually scares the shit out of me, especially because of how easily doctors love to ignore it. That poor sweet child, all from a simple fall.

This doesn’t sound like a situation where they weren’t listening to the family. It sounds like everybody knew it was wrong, and they just chose not to treat her. 😢

Saying "infection " instead of sepsis seems to happen often. They did the same to me. At least I made it out of there.

The fact that these laws are only put in place once a person has died due to the neglect of "professionals" around them, makes me so sick. She should still be here, it breaks my heart to know that her last days were filled with so much pain

I've had sepsis. It felt like I was on fire. It took 7 hours before I was treated (I had a night nurse whose routine I was interrupting, so my problem wasn't addressed until the next morning, and I was too sick to demand help), and I honestly felt like I was dying the entire time. I can't imagine what that poor child went through for DAYS. As soon as you mentioned the rash, I thought, "That's it. She's not going to make it." I hate being right.

You cannot be "nice" in these situations. You must either be angry or frantic to get what you need. This is a tragedy.

This is infuriating. This young girl should still be alive and well. Her death was avoidable. Her poor family.

I had terrible back and abdominal pain for years. Every time I went to the hospital, they’d just tell me they weren’t going to give me any opioids and send me home with prescription strength Tylenol, which did absolutely nothing. At least, they did until the last time, when I showed up vomiting black gunk, screaming any time anyone tried to touch my upper stomach, and with a high fever and crashing blood pressure. My gallbladder had finally tore after five years of being full of gallstones and sludge. I’m lucky to be alive. I can’t help but resent the doctors who treated me like a drug addict even though I was in terrible pain for years. I’m better now, but it left psychological scars. I guess I’m one of the lucky ones though. I actually survived.

jesus christ, i can't even imagine the trauma of holding your daughter while she seizes and loses bowel control, knowing she's dying... it's fucking terrifying. it's rare that videos on darker topics bother me to be honest, but this image has me shaken. they didn't deserve this. she could've survived.

Inflated ego and lack of empathy is EXACTLY how I would describe the majority of NHS doctors. I'm so livid at some of the things I have seen over and over again in UK hospitals due to NHS doctors thinking they themselves know better than parents, other doctors and systems.

Although an adult at the time, I've survived sepsis. It took me crashing, BP almost non-existent, for a diagnosis to be determined. The pain was so severe, my mind has blocked out most of the day I collapsed. I remember the paramedics wheeling me out fhe door, then nothing until about 12 hrs later, although my friend assured me I was conscious for quite a while in the ER. I woke up in the ICU while receiving an 8th bag of saline solution. They were pumping it in as fast as they could to bring my BP back up. I literally gained 30 lbs of water weight from all that! I was hospitalized for nearly 30 days. It's a deadly condition!

Sometimes I feel like there's a high number of doctors and nurses who are sadistic. They just let her keep suffering and did nothing.

I work in a hospital as a tech (nurse assistant) on a med surge floor. When they think a patient has sepsis they'll instantly send in a whole team. I've heard that once sepsis sets in you only have minutes to intervene- just wow.

I'm a UK-trained doctor. When I trained in the 90's the importance of allowing patients/families a second opinion was already pushed, as was the importance of clinicians asking for peer review if we are unsure about cases.

I'm British and my families experience with the NHS has been horrible. My mother would often go to the doctor experiencing psychosis and would be told she was being dramatic. After my sister's suicide attempt where they pumped her stomach, she was left alone for five hours before being discharged despite still being a danger to herself. I have been battling chronic pain and mental health issues for years and recently when I requested my health records, I discovered I had never been diagnosed with anything, not even anxiety and depression which I've been taken medication for for years. The system is so fucked, especially to women and AFAB people who aren't believed until they have chronic health issues as a result of underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis or even worse, in this case, when they're dead. My friend's mother went to the doctors multiple times with chest and neck pain before her fatal heart attack and they just chalked it up to anxiety 😔 the NHS has suffered under decades of austerity and needs a serious revamp and emergency funding plus they need to tackle the medical misogyny issues.

I'm on the side of veterinary medicine and immediately upon listening low temp with diarrhea and lymphagitis (the red lines) my first thought was septicemia. Either none of the people treating her should've gotten licenses to practice or they had some kind of malicious intent.

I think all the "providers" who cared for her should be criminally charged. Their behaviors and lack of action (on every occasion) was shameful. They allowed this child to die. They ensured this child would die. They killed this child.

Sounds like the doctors involved had a serious case of "confirmation bias" so that their long bank holiday weekends wouldn't be interrupted.

There's a statistic floating around showing that women are 30% more likely to pass at the hands of male doctors than female and I fullheartedly believe it. For me, a well-regarded cardiologist once yell-scolded me because I couldn't convert ounces to liters off the top of my head (and me offering to quickly look it up was insulting, apparently... idk 🤷) Same instance, still hyped up, he asked about caffeine consumption- before I answered he launched into yelling that my (then- undiagnosed POTS) was caused by "female chocolate consumptiom" and basically screamed "WOMEN SHOULD NEVER EAT CHOCOLATE!!" I was alone with him in the the room, seated, and he was on a swivel stool between me and the door. He flew to his feet and I remember him waving his clipboard/tablet-thing toward and over my head (but its been a few years and I might be overlapping the memory with a medical drama or something). When I told him I'd been abstaining from all caffeine as per his recommendation, he jumped tracks, and blamed 10 years of heart-pounding medical shennanigans on anxiety. I left every appointnent with him in tears. Due to some bs policy (and the hospital not finding the discriminatiom overt enough), I had to wait until he retired (five years) before I was allowed to switch cardiologists. Last year, within the first fifteen minutes of our first appintment, the new cardiologist prescribed me the beta-blockers I'd been needing for more than fifteen years. I didnt have to fight to be believed, or lead in with the "it first started when..." origin story. She understood my needs solely by sight of my chart (and was actually infuriated on my behalf that out of the, like, eight doctors passing me around, none of them tried anything beyond prozac and midodrine). If Dr's can't hold space for the medical opinions of nurses, patients, or patients' families, then they have no business being doctors.

My grandfather in law ultimately passed away from a sepsis infection back in January. A spinal surgery ended up leaving him with a perforated bowel, and by the time they caught it, it was too late. Seeing a family member literally fall apart in front of you is absolutely heartbreaking. Rest in peace Martha 🫶🏼 You deserved so much better care than you received.

i live in the uk and theres posters in every doctors office, miu, a&e about how serious sepsis is, its everywhere! I can't believe the doctors weren't taking it seriously!!!

I very much enjoy how you don’t sensationalize the situations you cover in your videos. You always talk extensively about these people as people and not just victims of medical malpractice. Putting the fact that these are all people first and foremost is something I feel a lot of channels covering medical situations or true crime don’t do. Martha was a real girl who had many aspirations and still had an entire life to live, a life that was ripped from her far too early due to neglect and incompetence. May she rest in peace 🕊️❤️

I know someone who went into septic shock recently, and is still recovering. To listen how Martha’s injury progressed into her final moments was horrifying, it’s like it goes beyond medical negligence. This poor girl understood she was dying, and her parents had to watch it happen…those doctors should be losing their licenses, not getting promotions.

Our family dog bit my mother once to the bone on her finger. (Dog fell down the stairs and lashed out because she was in pain). By the time we were seen in the ER, 4 hours or more after arrival, the red infection was already traveling up her arm. I tried to tell them, hey, the dog has been on antibiotics and this is clearly infected - meaning that this infection is resistant. They didn't listen and gave her whatever broad spectrum bs. Hours later, they assessed again and were like "yup, it's not working" but by this time her hand was so swollen they were considering surgery to cut open the hand to relieve pressure to preserve the use of the hand. And the red has made it far enough up the arm that i was worrying about sepsis. Luckily, they were able to try a new antibiotic and the infection was halted. But it was administered every four hours. I had to track down nurses every time it ran out in the night. If i hadn't, they would have let her sit without antibiotics. I don't understand how people can be so nonchalant about peoples lives and livelihoods. I shudder to think what would have happened had i not insisted in going with my mother that day.

It's wild to me that they say they didn't think it was sepsis for so long. Okay, then what is it? Clearly whatever you're giving her isn't fixing it. You gonna do something to fix it or just stand there and say what it isn't? I kept thinking if it was possible to transfer that child out of there to another hospital where they would take it seriously. I'm glad the law was put in place, sad a child has to lose her life for it to finally be serious.

2021?! This story feels like it’s from the 80’s and not modern medicine. My mother has a medical background and has always advocated for my medical care. This family was not given proper medical care at all. Very scary

As someone who both works with the NHS in a clinical role and a person who’s heath issues have been dismissed, stories like this are all too common. The NHS is a crumbling system that is being torn apart by the current government and it’s so frustrating to watch.

This case hit me practicularly hard. When I was younger, I was diagnosed with a certain type of tumor after A LOT of fighting with the doctors to take my constant pain seriously. I was way out of the usual age range of the tumour and it took seeing many specialists and doctors for them to realize what was going on and start treating me. They tried doing a heat ablation (basically burning the tumor) TWICE but it failed both times which apparently is extremely rare for it to fail even once, but as you can imagine, the doctors didn't believe us when we returned and tried to tell them I was still screaming in pain every night because it was still there. They said it was just phantom pain and it would go away, and they literally called my mother delusional and tested her for munchausen by proxy, when she was the only one who kept fighting for me. It took her threathening with lawsuits for them to run the tests on me again which showed that we were, infact, not making it up. They finally did a surgery and removed the tumour but they also had to take a big part of my bone with it since it had spread so much over the FOUR YEARS doctors were ignoring us. Now, over five years later, I still can't walk properly because theres bone missing from my leg and I go to physical therapy three times a week just to be able to live as normally as I can. It's hell, and I'll never recover fully. And I was lucky af. If the tumor had been cancerous, I wouldn't be writing this now. This might have been averted if the doctors had just listened... Which brings me to Martha. She was born the same year I was and her interests and aspirations mirrored mine, and my heart breaks for her and her family. She could have been my classmate, she could have been me, she should be alive still. I can only hope that this law is able to change things and lessen these things from happening. Rest in peace, dear Martha ❤🕊

Unfortunately I went through a similar situation. Pain in the abdomen brushed off as period cramps, eventually got to an unbearable state. Found out it absolutely was not that and needed emergency surgery. I was 12… I don’t think it’s crazy to assume misogyny possibly plays into this case as well. It’s painful to think about that, especially when we’re talking about a young girl too…😢

this case is so frustrating. Martha suffered for so long and was clearly doing unwell. It’s so weird that in the medical field they weren’t more cautious, especially a child. Poor Martha, she should’ve lived. Thank you for discussing her story

So they knew she was dying and didn’t care, is what I’m getting. Someone with good intentions would’ve checked on the little girl who was very much in obvious pain. The apathy humans can reach is downright cruel for no reason.

Tragically this happens all over the world, in regards to sepsis. My colleague aged 45 died of septic shock when he was disbelieved by the A&E doctor and sent home. He clearly had a burst appendix and peritonitis. It was whispered by the same doctor outside my cubicle to other staff that, "She's a malingerer" when I presented to the A&E for the third day in a row, with rigours, vomiting and infection. In fact I had septicemia, but was also sent home. By the grace of God and prayer I survived. My GP was a 1,000x better doctor than the ones at the hospital. 🇳🇿 As nurses, we are sometimes even less believed by doctors, than the general public. What a travesty for Martha, I was almost screaming as you were relating what was happening to her and her family. How terrible. And what is more galling is the promotion of the doctor. What a wicked and unjust world we live in. 🖤

In Australia, we have Ryan’s Rule, and as of this weekend I had never met anyone who had used it. But when it’s used correctly, it’s an absolutely vital rule to have!

That poor baby. I can't imagine what she went through. Thank you for telling her story. 😢

She was watching her daughter pass away before her eyes and there was nothing she could do about it. Its so heart-wrenching.😢

Reading these comments is so terrible. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone due to medical malpractice and neglect.

When my dad was in the hospital I felt like the nurse was not listening to my concerns. She said she had other patients and she would stop in shortly and check on him. His O2 sat was decreasing, his pulse was increasing and he said he felt like an elephant was sitting on him. The hospital had just implemented Rapid Response, i called the number and a team was there in no time, he was transferred to the ICU for a PE. Had i not called he most likely would have died! I get it, they are short staffed and overworked but still....

This is horrible! That poor girl. 💔 My father died of sepsis, too. Same thing - put him under sedation to be incubated and he never woke up. He also said he knew he was going to die. "I'm not getting out of this one. I feel it." I will never forget that. It was horrific to see it happen to my dad, I can't imagine a child! And especially with all this clear medical neglect. Just heartbreaking.

Martha was only 3 years younger than me, and I really relate to her and see myself in her. My heart breaks for her and her family. I’m so grateful that my mother has advocated for my chronic condition. The way this poor girl was failed by these medical professionals absolutely kills me.

I’ve experienced chronic illness most of my life. I’ve experienced being told I am just a hypochondriac, and it’s hard to explain things when they are not in your body.

thats such a horrifying case, to just be told over and over that theres nothing to worry about when the doctors are hiding symptoms and updates behind your back?? id be so afraid of that happening here in the states too😢

That's mad, I had appendicitis and after the operation, I got sepsis. I was a similar age to Martha at the time and it was the NHS. It only took one blood test to confirm my early sepsis and I couldn't remember it even being that ill, I was just in powerful antibiotics and had a blood bag. I guess I was incredibly lucky that NHS staff that felt with me were professional.

This almost happened to me except they kept telling me my symptoms were psychological up until I was crawling on the floor soaked in my own urine. A test came back in time from 1 of 5 visits I made to the er to come back that said I was nearly septic. I’m now terrified of doctors and hospitals especially. I didn’t just get a second opinion. I was seen 5 times in 3 days.

I’m a nursing student right now and I usually try to avoid sad stories like this but I felt like watching this one was necessary so I can remember to always take what my patients say seriously

We've missed you! You're so loved ❤

god this case is so, so upsetting :(. this all totally could've been avoided if the medical team listened to the family and took them seriously and shared the information they knew

As someone who's experienced sepsis (going into septic shock), this was absolutely horrifying to hear. That poor girl. She deserved so much better. *So* much better. I'm glad a law is being rolled out, but it’s utterly tragic how long it took, and will take, something so life-saving to be implemented into hospitals. Thank you for making these videos and shedding light on these patients' tragic experiences. They are very eye-opening. I've had my own vast difficulties with the medical system as someone with a chronic illness, so I'm glad these people can be remembered and stand as beacons for the continuing of standing up for oneself against medical professionals.

Thank you for all your effort on these videos and telling the stories of those who have been wronged by the system ❤

Gave her medication after a trauma Injury without checking her out . Any person that knows about the human body know that anything related to the pancreas is extremely serious this shouldn’t have happened they were not prepared in any way for what was about to happen 🥺😞

Hi, polish viewer here, this case reminds me of the situation in Poland (the lack of doctor intervention). Due to the severe abortion restrictions patients die while doctors do nothing. I would love for someone like you to document it, but I must admit that the language barrier must be a lot.

My first child passed away at 4.5 days old due to an untreatable birth defect. My second child was born without any obvious issues, but she couldn't get the hang of nursing. This seemed to be because she was always exhausted. I don’t recall now how many doctors I took her to, but all the first ones said I was just a "new mom," and she was fine. I did my own research and was convinced the issue was related to her mouth. Finally, when she was around 4 months old, I got a physician to take me seriously. He sent her for a swallow study, where they found she was aspirating fluids when she tried to drink. We were lucky she hadn't already developed pneumonia or worse. As soon as we started thickening her liquids, that girl woke up and joined the living. It was a glorious transformation. Trust your gut. YOU are the expert on your symptoms. Doctors may have experience/training, but it's impossible to know all there is to know at once. If an opinion doesn’t seem like it fits what's going on, ask someone else. We must all be our best advocates (including parents for their young children ❤).

Thank you for bringing light to this. I’ve worked in healthcare for years and to this day my biggest piece of advice for my patients is: ALWAYS, ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF. SPEAK UP!!!

It is disgusting how often we hear stories of medical neglect only being looked at until it's too late, I do not trust doctors or medical staff anymore because I've been continuously treated as if i'm stupid for looking for help. I'll be in agony and don't get listened to. So far none of my organs are trying to kill me yet, just my bones and nerve, but shit hurts. It's worse when it's a child, why do u think children are hardy. Kids can survive crazy shit, but they're also KIDS, be safe rather than sorry. I mean, flu's can kill a child. Children are weaker then ppl think, when there is an obvious problem they should be checked properly. It's awful to know she could've survived, med staff needs to listen. Ppl should've ALWAYS been able to get a second opinion. People know their bodies, parents know their children's body, humans are great at knowing when something is wrong inside of them, Your job is to help people who are in danger, if u are apart of a team that allowed someone to suffer to death like that, I hope you are haunted for the rest of your life. it seems no where we turn for medical help will make us feel safe, because so many times you hear stories of people DYING... sickness, organ failures, unable to breathe, mental health, we can't feel safe, that's fucked up.

Wow Petal your annunciation of those welsh towns is very impressive welsh isn’t easy at all

This is horrifying. I had toxic shock when I was 12. I didn’t understand why the nurses looked scared after seeing my blood pressure. After five minutes of waiting I was surrounded by at least five people inserting multiple IVs and pushing fluids before I was whipped to ICU for a week. I felt so horrible that I didn’t care what happened to me. I couldn’t find the energy to even put on the hospital gown. My mom was told I was going to die. I was dying. And to think Martha fought like hell feeling all the symptoms I did is heartbreaking. They let her die. They didn’t even try to help her

Not Welsh but as someone who has learnt Gaeilge (irish) i was impressed with your handling of Welsh place names! Well done! The quality of your research shows. Bless you Ms Palmer, these videos are so beautifully made ❤

I’m SO glad you’re feeling good enough to post again. I can only imagine how much work and energy it takes to not only research / record these videos, but then edit / insert B roll etc, all prior to uploading. You’re a total warrior for being able to do that whilst also fighting your own battle. You’re doing a phenomenal job my friend. Thank you for your hard work and dedication !!!

You're really good at taking us through each hour, really putting us into the family's shoes, as the court case would have gone. It's harrowing to wonder throughout watching if the doctors met justice.

This is heartbreaking! As a retired BSN, I pissed off plenty of doctors, and was never sorry a single time. I was actually correct every time. My patients were always my priority 💔

Narrator has a natural talent to convey information and comes across as caring. Nicely done, with respect for Martha and her family.

Immediately saved and so looking forward to playing this the second I get up for work tomorrow! Thank you so much for telling these stories. No one is doing it like you!!!

I nearly died from severe anemia because my Dr did not make me aware that my Ferratin level had been low for some time. By the time I was admitted to the hospital because I could not breathe,with a hemoglobin level of 5. Normal is 13.7 for me. My Dr just kept telling me it was my childhood asthma resurfacing. I spent 4 days in the hospital and had 2 blood transfusions and iron infusions. Did some procedures but could not figure out why I was so low on blood. This was June 2023. It is now nearly April 2024 and I am getting iron infusions 2 times per week and they are “hoping” my body will retain the iron after my 6th infusion. They still don’t know why I cannot absorb any iron from food or supplements. I’m in the USA.

i don't know how else to explain this but i LEARN things when i watch these videos. like, you take crimes and place so much value on the victim and their struggles and really assess the situation at hand. i retain ALL of the information because you make it so digestible!! i can feel your compassion for these situations through the screen, and it literally teaches me things i never forget.

I learned a long time ago that as a patient in the medical field, you NEED to stand your ground. Whenever they’d deny to do anything I asked for, I’d tell them to write it on my chart in front of me; that they’d denied me access

So lovely to see you post! I hope and pray that you are healing and will recover completely 💜❤️💜

hope you’re feeling better, Petal! can’t wait to watch this video :-)

My question is how tf were ANY OF THESE DOCTORS EVEN ALLOWED TO WORK. There's multiple guys who plug their ears and go "lalala can't hear you" and one nurse who didn't realize the patient's life was in danger after she had a seizure. Who gave these people their licences.

A summary of the terms because I think it's extremely important to know. Sepsis is when the immune response to a pathogen (a virus, bacteria, etc) is so strong that it ends up damaging the body and its organs. Shock is when the blood isn't circulating well enough, so the organs don't have enough oxygen. It can be caused by many things- I think the most widely known ones are anaphylactic shock (caused by severe allergies) and hypovolemic shock (there simply isn't enough blood to go around, usually because of an open wound). A septic shock is when the immune response cause by a pathogen is so strong it causes the blood to not be able to circulate properly. Also if you have the amount of pain described by Martha after sustaining blunt trauma you should go to the doctor, specially if your abdomen hurts and you can't exactly say where. This might be something called peritoneal irritation (this is the name of a symptom, not a diagnosis) and with just a few touches and no other tests you doctor should be able to know whether or not you have it (and, if the answer is yes, then run some test to figure out why that's happening).

This is disgusting. Who, much less multiple doctors, could know someone is in sepsis & ignore that? I hope these review teams are kept far away from any current treating team. Otherwise it’s not going to be an impartial second opinion & they’re just going to side with their colleges like they have here. Hope you’re doing alright. Great to see a new video from you 😊

It's a sad state of affairs in the NHS at the moment. I can almost guarantee that the nurses knew what was going on but were not given support by the medical team.

This happened to my nephew. My sister in law took my nephew took him to the hospital not once, not twice.. but MULTIPLE times and the doctors sent him home with an inhaler. He passed away from a severe sinus infection. Hospitals need to make a change asap.

I love watching true crime cases, but only if the narrator has a calming, soothing voice. I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel! You have a really beautiful story telling voice & style.

I'm glad Martha's story is getting the attention it deserves.

SLAY PETAL WE MISSED YOU!

I am very impressed with Petal Palmer, her speaking voice and delivery are impressive, clear, concise, very informative without over elaborations and very pleasant to the ear.. She related this whole tragic tale with empathy but no melodrama which is greatly appreciated... and she effectively told this needlessly tragic tale which every medical person should be required to listen to.

This is horrifying. I hope the implementation of Martha's Rule is a positive change for the healthcare system.

I know so many ppl who have family members who have gone without treatment for years due to medical negligence and dismissal of their symptoms and concerns by doctors. Some of them are no longer here on earth due to that negligence or now have to deal with worse symptoms and difficulties because they weren’t taken serious where they could have had a better outcome if the illness was caught ahead of time. This is terrifying when we know so many of these things are diagnosable and treatable. I’m disgusted by how common this is around the world and especially in so called “first world” countries. Is it really a first world country when the lack of empathy or understanding in health care is that high? We need something better ppl are dying from easily treatable diseases.

Thank you so much for covering medical malpractice. It’s a little talked about subject though billions of people have and do struggle with it all over the world. It’s very important we start bringing attention to cases like these so we can reform our systems so something like this never happens again! Rest in peace Martha, taken way too soon. My condolences to her family. ❤❤

as a pediatric nurse, i have had to metaphorically square up with doctors before in order to push for my patients to receive the care that they need. it is so disheartening to know that all of these nurses ignored the family's concerns and let this poor child suffer. it reminds me a little of the case of Libby Zion, a girl who went to the hospital with flu-like symptoms and later died from (preventable) serotonin syndrome because the medical residents weren't careful with what meds they gave her. there is a law named for her now that limits the amount of hours residents can work in a week.

As soon as she started bleeding from her IV sites, they should’ve taken blood cultures, so they know which antibiotic to treat the infection In the end, why did they stick a tube down her throat? It was to intubate her because she was too sick to continue breathing normally, and her oxygen saturation was dropping. They transferred her to incense Care most likely they did a culture, but it would take us several days before they knew which bacteria, but it was too late. I’ve of many neglectful doctors who have lost their patients because of neglect, and not doing the right procedure at the right time. These physicians need to be reprimanded because usually a parent has a clue a sick child is.

This entire situation makes it seem like the doctor(s) and nurses wanted Martha dead. It's EXTREMELY odd.

We have a similar rule in Western Australia also, Aishwarya's Care Call after the death of a young girl, Aishwarya, who succumbed after waiting 2 hours of rapid deterioration for help, at our children's Hospital ED. It was such a sad case, and the Care call system has already helped save lives, including my friends!

I love the fact that you didn’t dramatize every other word. You spoke clearly and concisely. You did emphasize some important points and facts. No dramatic pauses and changes in focus. This is 1st video of yours I have seen. New subscriber. Good job on horrendous content. My prayers for the family.

Gaslighting at its finest!!! This is so sad and never should have happened!! 😡 Makes me so angry!!

I am blown away by your presentation of this tragic case. Yes, death due to medical egos, and parents stupified by having trusted medical professionals. Fortunately, not all doctors and nurses are so ignorant. At the core of the problem : being away from home and one's usual attending physician. But modern medical care takes it's organization (so as to be profitable) from the factory model. My mother and my grandmother were both exceptional nurses (but that was years ago) and raised me to NEVER trust a doctor without a second (even a third) opinion. Thank you for your hard work on behalf of the victims in this case, and all the others like them.

Hope your healing ❤️‍🩹 and feeling a little better petal 💛🙏🏽. Love and digital hugs from Texas

I can't imagine telling your child "I love you." for the final time. So heartbreaking.

Sepsis is absolutely terrifying. I had a severe case of sepsis due to a small bowel perforation from a colectomy in November of 2023. I told doctors for several days something wasn’t right and ended up completely coding and had to be resuscitated. I’m so lucky to be alive and I’m still recovering from all of the physical and mental trauma. I can only imagine the pain and suffering poor Martha went through and the heartbreak her family feels. If doctors actually listened to their patients so many cases like this could be prevented