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Medical Malpractice has become a pandemic problem in hospitals and medical facilities throughout the United States: so much so that hundreds of thousands of People die or become severely harmed from preventable mistakes. According to various viable studies, medication errors harm approximately 1.5 million people in the United States, every year! This is a tragic paradox, since these vulnerable people enter medical facilities with the hope of being cared for and nurtured back to health!

Here are some consequences of medical malpractice:

• Birth Defects
• Chronic Pain
• Childbirth injuries
• Disability
• Disfigurement
• Increased medical expenses
• Infertility
• Impotence
• Impotence
• Loss of limbs
• Loss of consortium
• Loss of opportunity to learn and earn
• Lost wages/ loss of employment
• Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnoses
• Mental harm
• Preventable Death

According to a 2013 research about 440,000 Americans die, every year, from hospital errors. Millions of others suffer unnecessary pain and preventable injuries. However, just because a medical professional makes a mistake or a patient is not satisfied with the result of a treatment is not ground for a successful medical malpractice lawsuit. In other words, the patient or the attorney must prove that the medical provider was negligent. This means that the treating professional did not have the reasonable skills or competency to treat the patient, and such negligence caused damages.

1) MISDIAGNOSIS OR LATE DIAGNOSIS

In such situations the treating medical professional is negligent for not making the right diagnosis or does so, when it is too late. If the victim can prove that a reasonably skilled and competent medical professional, under attendant circumstances, would have timely made such diagnosis and prescribed an appropriate course of treatment, then the victim may have a viable Medical Malpractice Case.

2) PRENATAL NEGLIGENCE

If a medical professional, during treatment, causes injuries to a pregnant woman or her baby prior to birth, the victim/s may have grounds to file a Medical Malpractice claim.

3) CHILDBIRTH INJURIES

In such cases a doctor or an obstetrician could make a mistake during the childbirth process.

4) MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION AND ADMINISTRATION ERRORS

According to research approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain injuries from wrongly prescribed or inappropriately administered drugs, every year.

5) ANESTHESIA ERRORS

Sometimes an anesthesiologist may make a mistake, usually very dangerous, during medical treatments. Unfortunately, a minute error by an anesthesiologist can result in permanent injury, brain damage or even death.

6) SURGERY MISTAKES

Some medical malpractice claims arise from mistakes made in the operating room. A surgeon might negligently puncture an internal organ, operate on the wrong body part, or leave surgical instruments in the victim’s body.

When it comes to Medical Malpractice cases, there is a limited window of time during which a Plaintiff must file his or her lawsuit. This time limit is referred to as the “Statute of Limitations” and it can be as short as 6 Months. This is why if you or a loved-one has been injured in a Medical Malpractice or someone you know has been killed by an incompetent or negligent healthcare provider, please click or call Chosen Lawyers for a Free Case Evaluation, with no obligation. Remember, while your injury was beyond your control, your healing and holding the wrongdoers accountable for your damages is Your CHOICE!