Doctors, nurses and health care professionals are held to the highest standard of care for patient safety in diagnosis and treatment. However, mistakes are sometimes made. Has your doctor failed you?
When a health care provider fails to meet those standards, a patient may suffer an injury as a result. Mistakes are sometimes made when there is a misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, medication error, and infections arising after surgery, a birth injury and being sent home too soon – to name just a few examples.
It is not easy to prove malpractice and suing your doctor is not an easy process.
If you suffered serious complications because of medical negligence, contact a San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who has successfully represented victims in medical malpractice cases by negotiating settlements for injury, expenses and pain and suffering.
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Are you questioning the care your physician gave you during the birth of your child? Did his care include a birth defect for your new baby?
If you believe your unborn baby may have been in distress during delivery, ask yourself if there were warning signs.
· Did the fetal heart monitor strips show abnormal readings of the heartbeat?
· Was there mechanical trauma from the improper use of forceps causing the transmission of
oxygen to the baby’s brain to be hindered?
· Were there umbilical cord problems?
If you believe there were warning signs present and your doctor or nurse negligently failed to realize that your baby was in distress, contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who has handled and been successful in malpractice and birth defect cases.
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Many of us have heard about someone who goes into the hospital for a common surgical procedure where something goes wrong. A study conducted by the Institute of Medicine several years ago stated that approximately 40,000 to 100,000 patients die annually because of medical error.
Medical errors include, but are not limited to:
· Diagnosis – failure to diagnose a problem or stating the wrong diagnosis
· Cognitive errors – a physician diagnosing a problem without the proper knowledge – outside their specialty
· Medication – a bad handwriting can result in the drug store filling the wrong prescription; a nurse can give a patient the wrong dosage. Medication errors can cause injury or death.
· Surgical – Leaving a sponge or instrument inside the patient; performing the wrong surgery
· The wrong patient – When a patient’s record is misplaced, a patient can receive the wrong treatment.
If you believe a family member has been the victim of a hospital error, contact a San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who is successful in hospital error or malpractice claims – and will help you understand your rights.
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Any surgery, regardless of how big or small, can be potentially dangerous to a patient.
Most of the time an elective surgery or in-and-out surgical procedure has a low incidence of complications – unless there is surgical negligence that takes place. Negligence during a surgery is oftentimes hard to prove.
When negligence occurs as a result of inferior post-operative care or a failure to diagnose a problem, a good San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney can investigate for you. A patient who dies from complications after the surgery is another story. A review of the medical records will take place to determine if negligence did take place.
If you or a loved one had surgery and complications took place soon after, you may be the victim of medical malpractice. Contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who will review your medical records to determine if you are entitled to compensation for your injuries and expenses.
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The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the possibility of bad patient care at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center stemming from a patient complaint made to them. The nature of the complaint is confidential.
Medicare Services is checking for possible violations regarding patient health and safety. Examples include the quality of nursing and pharmacy services. Currently, Arrowhead doctors have complained about the hospital lacking a proper system to review incidents that result in patient injury or death – alleging incompetence in some departments – failing to investigate when several different errors in surgery were made.
Let us hope any problems at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center have been taken care of. If you are a patient at this hospital or any hospital and a medical error is made to you, please contact an experienced Personal Injury attorney who can review your options with you.
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Recently the Orange County Register reported that a surgeon at Children’s Hospital operated on the wrong part of a child’s body. It seems this is the third incident in four years.
The child was having a small fold of tissue behind the upper lip surgically loosened. Instead of performing this procedure, the surgeon loosened tissue underneath the child’s tongue. Luckily, the child will not experience any long-term harm. Even though the hospital had rules in place to avoid mistakes such as this one, it happened anyway.
The hospital advised that it would work to implement process improvements and refine policies and procedures on an as needed basis.
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Here is a perfect case of medical malpractice. I am sure everyone has read about the doctor who treated Michael Jackson when he died. This doctor not only administered medication to Mr. Jackson that he should not have, but left him alone to make phone calls while doing so.
Finally, prosecutors are preparing to indict Mr. Jackson’s doctor, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. The doctor will be prosecuted for gross negligence - his treatment was not the standard followed by other doctors. The doctor is claiming he did not prescribe or administer anything that would have killed Michael Jackson. He administered a drug that is used in hospitals - not at home.
The prosecutors must show there was a reckless action caused by the doctor, which created a risk of death. It will be decided whether the doctor has the expertise to administer this powerful drug, propofol - the drug believed to have killed Mr. Jackson. Propofol should be administered by an anesthesia professional in a medical setting - not by a cardiologist.
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Medical malpractice occurs when a patient sustains an injury or worse because of a doctor or other medical professional’s negligence (includes HMO’s and PPO’s). It is when improper healthcare is provided. Medical malpractice arises from a misdiagnosis, a wrong drug, no notification of a certain procedure’s risk or carelessness when performing surgery.
Statistics show that about 3% of hospital patients are victims of medical errors. In addition, about 50,000 to 100,000 patients die each year because of medical errors.
A medical malpractice suit can be against the specific doctor or hospital. Legal action can be taken for compensation. There are medical malpractice laws to protect all patients. This kind of lawsuit can take a long time in the court system; they are very expensive to pursue.
If you or a loved one been a victim of medical negligence contact a Medical Malpractice Attorney immediately.
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Are you aware that three Los Angeles area hospitals, including Cedars Sinai Hospital, are under investigation for delivering an overdose of radiation to CT scan patients in less than two years? Now a Huntsville Alabama Hospital is under investigation for the same problem.
The overdose originally came from a General Electric CT scanning machine, but now includes Toshiba machines as well.
The FDA’s investigation has shown personal injury and severe side effects caused by Cedar-Sinai hospital personnel’s negligence. The investigation involves over 200 patients. Radiation overdose can cause you long-term health issues. If you are one of the over 200 patients exposed to an overdose of radiation, I would suggest you contact an experienced Medical Malpractice attorney immediately. Your health is at risk; do not wait another minute.
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Talk about awful news. It is bad enough when a baby dies at birth or soon after, but when the baby’s body disappears also…. that is just not right. A baby born prematurely at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Northern California died two hours after being born. The body was misplaced and found six days later in the pathology department’s refrigerator.
The hospital released a statement saying they will not discuss specific details due to the patient’s privacy. The hospital offered their apologies to the family. It is not enough to suffer the loss, but to be put through additional aggravation is very, very sad. The hospital is investigating how this could have happened and how they can prevent it from happening again.
I hope someone has advised the parents to seek help from an experienced professional malpractice attorney familiar with hospital procedure.
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