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As a patient, you trust your doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals with your health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, sometimes healthcare professionals’ actions may be negligent or careless, sometimes even rising to the level of medical malpractice.
Less than 10% of all medical errors are reported.
According to a John Hopkins study, medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than 250,000 Americans each year. If you or a loved one were harmed by a medical professional’s negligent or careless actions, you may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit. Contact Medfault to set up a free legal consultation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer.
Medical malpractice refers to when a healthcare professional fails to provide treatment that meets the reasonable standard of care within the medical community, leading to injury to a patient. When a doctor, nurse, surgeon, or healthcare professional is medically negligent, they may be held responsible for any losses they may cause.
A clear example of medical negligence is a doctor removing the wrong organ from a patient during surgery. In a case of medical negligence or malpractice, the victim may be awarded compensation if they are able to demonstrate that the negligent party was directly responsible for their injury.
A patient injured by a medical professional’s negligence or the family of a victim of medical malpractice may be awarded damages for the losses suffered from their injuries. These damages are intended to financially compensate victims for their losses and may include:
Medical malpractice can take many forms. Sometimes it is easy to detect, such as when a doctor performs the wrong operation or procedure. Other times malpractice may be harder to recognize, such as when a medical professional fails to order diagnostic tests that may have resulted in an earlier cancer diagnosis. A medical malpractice expert at MedFault can help investigate possible malpractice on your behalf.
The most common types of medical malpractice include the following.
A misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis can be devastating for a patient’s prognosis. It can cause pain, lasting health conditions, and sometimes even death. A delayed or misdiagnosis may be due to a doctor’s failure to adequately assess symptoms or a patient’s prior health history. It may also be caused by a failure to order appropriate testing or other negligent or careless actions.
Tragically, a patient may suffer serious injuries or even death due to preventable medical errors at the hands of negligent or careless doctors, surgeons, nurses, medical technicians, or other healthcare workers. This may include failure to monitor the patient’s vitals, failure to diagnose a dangerous medical condition that occurs during surgery, operating on the wrong patient, operating on the wrong body part, leaving surgical instruments in the patient’s body, and more.
While anesthesia always carries the risk of complications arising, the improper usage of anesthesia may lead to serious harm. A negligent anesthesiologist can be held liable for medical malpractice. Examples of negligent actions by an anesthesiologist include administering too much or too little anesthesia, using the wrong type of anesthesia, and failure to properly administer anesthesia.
Healthcare professionals such as doctors, pharmacies, hospitals, and nursing homes may commit errors when administering prescriptions to patients. Some examples may include writing the wrong prescription, incorrectly filling a prescription, prescribing an incorrect dosage, prescribing to the wrong patient, and failing to check the patient’s health history and other medications before prescribing.
We rely on healthcare providers, hospitals, doctors, and other medical professionals to help improve our health. Sometimes, they can make critical errors that result in serious consequences.
If you were harmed after a medical professional failed to provide a reasonable level of care, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit. Find out if you qualify.
If you believe your medical professionals have committed malpractice, you should first ensure your health is taken care of by consulting another physician. Keep copies of your medical records as well as an account of all interactions you had with medical staff. This can be helpful if you pursue a lawsuit in the future.
Medical malpractice tends to be more complex than other personal injury cases. Because of the need for expertise in both law and medicine, it is imperative to consult with an experienced medical malpractice attorney in order to recover the full compensation you may be entitled to.
An experienced medical malpractice lawyer can:
You can pursue a medical malpractice claim regardless of your financial status. Most medical malpractice law firms work on a contingency fee basis, meaning that it costs nothing to hire an attorney up front, and they do not get paid unless you win your case. If an attorney is able to recover compensation on your behalf, the attorney’s fees will be a percentage of your settlement or jury award.
If you or a loved one were the victim of medical malpractice, schedule a free legal consultation with MedFault. We can match you with an experienced medical malpractice attorney.
