Types Of Medical Malpractice
If a medical treatment provider causes a patient to suffer a
disease or injury by his or her negligent actions or failures
to act, that health care professional may be guilty of medical
malpractice. Even if a patient already suffers from a disease
or injury, the treatment provider may still face liability for
malpractice if his or her actions or inactions increase a patient's
risk of harm or causes the condition to worsen.
Medical malpractice can occur in many different scenarios. Here
are some of the more common medical mistakes:
- Failure
to diagnose and properly treat medical emergencies. In
emergency situations, prompt and correct treatment is essential.
- Failure
to diagnose and properly treat serious medical conditions.
Often symptoms are overlooked or a patient is taken for granted.
Sometimes x-rays and other test results are misread.
- Surgical
mistakes. A slip of a knife can cause severe problems.
Sometimes medical instruments or sponges are left inside
a patient after surgery by mistake.
- Errors with medication or treatment. A wrong prescription
or treatment can cause serious injury or illness.
- Delays
in diagnosis. Many times, diagnostic delay can have dire
consequences, especially in the case of various types of
cancer.
- Birth
Injuries. Malpractice can often occur during labor. Complications
arise that require immediate and proper reactions from doctors
and nurses. Cerebral Palsy cases sometimes arise as a result
of such medical mistakes.
- Failure to advise of diagnosis. A patient has the right to
know the diagnosis so that he or she can properly assess treatment
options.
- Lack of Informed Consent. A patient has the right to understand
the risks associated with a particular type of treatment.
- Abandonment. A treatment provider cannot always simply stop
treating a patient, especially in emergency situations.
What You Need To Know:
Insurance companies' obligations are to their stockholders and
policy holders, not to the people injured by their insured's
negligence. Insurance companies' desire to maximize their own
profits provides them with every motivation to try to deny your
claim or pay you the very minimum amount that they can get away
with. The insurance companies also have enormous advantages:
they have immense wealth, armies of experienced adjusters and
lawyers and years of experience reducing and denying claims.
At the Law Office of Stephen A. Burroughs,
our only obligation is to you, our client. We will use our experience
and every resource available to protect your interests, and we
will work hard to help you receive the full value for your case.
We will advise you every step of the way to help you avoid any
mistakes that could cost you money. There is no charge for attorney's
fees until you recover money for your personal injuries, and
we will also help you resolve your property damage claims for
no fee whatsoever. For assistance, call today at 1-877-300-3773, contact
us or submit
an free online case evaluation.
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