When Medical Care Leads To Medical Crisis

It’s a nightmare scenario. You go to a trusted healthcare provider for treatment for a medical condition, but instead of getting better, you are further injured as a result of medical malpractice.

Now you’re dealing with additional medical treatment costs, possible loss of income, pain and suffering, among other adverse consequences. What remedies are available for a patient injured due to medical malpractice?  First, the patient must understand what medical malpractice is for which recommend to use this link.

Medical malpractice can occur when a health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, causes an injury to a patient. According to Medical News Today this includes:

• Failure to diagnose or a misdiagnosis;
• Misreading or ignoring laboratory results;
• Unnecessary surgery;
• Surgical errors or wrong site surgery;
• Improper medication or dosage;
• Poor follow-up or aftercare;
• Premature discharge;
• Disregarding or not taking appropriate patient history;
• Failure to order proper testing;
• Failure to recognize symptoms.

In order to succeed in a medical malpractice claim, the patient has the burden of proving the following: 

1. The existence of a legal duty on the part of the doctor to provide care or treatment to the patient;
2. A breach of this duty by a failure of the treating doctor to adhere to the standards of the profession;
3. A causal relationship between the breach of duty and injury to the patient; and
4. The existence of damages that flow from the injury such that the legal system can provide redress.

If you believe you have been injured as a result of medical malpractice, contact the personal injury attorneys at Hyberg, White, and Mann to schedule your free consultation: 609-407-1000.