What constitutes a breach of standard of care by failing to reach a diagnosis in a timely manner?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Forde v. Inland Health Authority, 2010 BCSC 91 (CanLII):
A failure to reach a diagnosis in a timely manner may constitute a breach of that standard of care. However, arriving at the correct diagnosis or arriving at a diagnosis in a timely way must “be answered in the context of the average skill, knowledge, and judgment applied to the pertinent facts existing at the time of his examination and treatment”: Scrimgeour v. Singer, [1988] B.C.J. No. 31 (S.C.).
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