There are several types of medical malpractice that involve diagnostic errors. Doctors can be negligent if they make the wrong diagnosis or fail to diagnose a disease or condition. They can also be negligent if they make the correct diagnosis but do so too late for the patient to receive the necessary care. Sometimes a medical provider's error is so serious that it causes the death of a patient.
If your loved one died due to a negligent medical provider, you can file a wrongful death lawsuit and get compensation for damages. If the negligence of a health care provider caused your child's birth injury, you may be able to seek legal recourse and file a negligence lawsuit. In most personal injury lawsuits, negligence is defined as a failure to behave with the same level of caution that a reasonably prudent person would have demonstrated. For example, if a surgeon left a surgical instrument inside you, it's obviously medical negligence.
Your lawyer can also maximize your chances of obtaining full and fair compensation by showing how seriously you were affected and the pain you suffered due to medical negligence. You must also prove that a medical provider's negligence caused your injury, which can be complicated, especially if you have a significant pre-existing medical condition. The Garmey Law medical malpractice legal team has successfully fought for the rights of victims of many types of medical malpractice. If no reasonably competent doctor with similar training and experience had made the mistakes that the doctor made, it is of medical negligence.
There would be no resulting harm caused by medical negligence for which the patient could be compensated. For example, if a reasonably competent cardiologist had diagnosed heart disease and a cardiologist had failed to detect the condition, this would be an example of medical malpractice. Negligent errors in prenatal care include a lack of diagnosis of conditions that can lead to congenital anomalies if left untreated. If you suspect that you may have been the victim of medical negligence that caused you harm, you should speak to an experienced medical malpractice attorney.
The hospital or clinic could be liable for their own negligence if, for example, they did not have adequate hiring practices to ensure competence or if they provided inadequate training. For example, a medical malpractice lawsuit could be filed if a doctor prescribes the wrong medication or ruins a medical procedure. Negligent errors may include not properly evaluating the patient before surgery, not providing necessary preoperative instructions, administering too much anesthesia, not properly monitoring the patient while under anesthesia, and not placing the ventilator properly. If a medical provider's negligence hurts you or a loved one, you can file a lawsuit for substantial compensation.
