You go to hospitals in the hopes of getting the best of what the healthcare system has to offer. But not everything can go your way. There are times that you get disappointed with the way you were dealt with or handled by the people working there, or the hospital’s system in general. If this happens, how do you go about suing a hospital for negligence?
Most Common Medical Negligence
Read on to check if your issues are valid for filing a medical negligence claim or lawsuit.
Doctor’s Failure to Treat
Here are examples of what can be considered a doctor’s failure to treat.
- The doctor failed to order additional lab tests relevant to the patient’s medical condition.
- Discharging a patient from the hospital earlier than necessary.
- Doctor’s failure to give complete or proper home care and follow-up instructions.
- Disregarding a patient’s complete medical history when choosing the best treatment option.
- Accepting patients more than they can handle. A patient deserves to get the proper amount of time and care from their doctors.
Delayed or Misdiagnosis
Time may not always be a patient’s ally, so a delay in diagnosis might cause his life. Misdiagnosis, on the other hand, can lead to unneeded medications and expenses that are not helping a patient’s condition get any better. Some of the possible causes for delayed or misdiagnosis are the following:
- Doctor’s failure to order confirmatory tests to verify the diagnosis.
- Doctor’s failure to realize the patient’s signs and symptoms.
- Doctor’s failure to refer the patient to a specialist or recommend getting a second opinion.
- Lost or incorrect lab results.
- Human error in conducting tests, handling samples, or evaluating the data.
Mishandling Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs are medications that cannot be bought without a medical prescription. They are regulated and cannot just be bought over the counter for a reason.
- Wrong medication for a diagnosed condition or wrong dosage can cause serious or, worst, fatal consequences.
- Failure to take into consideration the possible drug interactions of the patient’s list of medications.
- Health risks associated with drug abuse, addiction, or overdose all fall under this medical negligence.
- A pharmacist’s error in filling out a doctor’s medical prescription.
Childbirth-Related Injuries
This includes injuries occurring during childbirth as well as pre and post-natal. Some of the examples are listed below.
- All forms of mishandling a baby while removing from the birth canal and after birth.
- Disregarding signs of fetal distress.
- Doctor’s failure to identify the need for an immediate cesarean procedure.
- Doctor’s failure to disclose all relevant information regarding the mother’s delivery and the baby’s well-being.
Surgical Errors
Performing an unnecessary surgical procedure is considered a medical negligence. Here are other common surgical errors being sued for.
- Medical tools or items left inside a patient’s body after the surgical procedure.
- Adverse reactions in relation to anesthesia.
- Doctor’s and other hospital staff’s failure to adhere to standard operating procedures during and after the surgery.
- Miscommunication, misinformation, or incomplete disclosure to the patient of all relevant information regarding the surgical procedure.
How to Sue a Hospital
Filing a lawsuit against a hospital is never a walk in the park. They are well-versed in these matters, with their own team of legal experts ready to settle or fight against you for the validity of your negligence claim. It will cost you time and resources for evidence collection, damages computation, and filing the actual lawsuit. All the documents you need to collect and submit on a specific timeline, a legal deadline for everything to be valid.
To save you from all the trouble and possibly missing the legal deadline, hire a medical malpractice or negligence attorney to handle all these matters for you. Your attorney will help you navigate through all possible negligence you can file against the hospital, increasing your chances of getting the best settlement you can have. He will gather all possible pieces of evidence and witnesses to prove the negligence on the hospital’s part, and
Hire Warner and Warner Attorneys at Law
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