Medical Malpractice
The term medical malpractice is any error that is made by a medical professional that results in personal injury or wrongful death. Medical negligence is when any medical professional or entity fails to meet the medical profession's standards.
Medical malpractice cases are warranted if there has been:
- Failure to diagnose or inform a patient of their diagnosis
- Errors in prescribing medication
- Improper or unnecessary
diagnosis
- Surgical errors and surgical equipment left inside a patient
- Abandonment
- Lack of informed consent
(patients should be adequately informed by medical staff before they
undergo any medical procedures)
Birth Injuries and Medical
Malpractice
Some causes of birth injury
that are caused by medical malpractice are:
- Negligent monitoring and failure to timely detect fetal distress
- Inducing labor contractions and additional stress on the fetus by administering pitocin or other drugs at a time when the fetus is already in distress
- Failure to timely perform a Cesarean Section
Contact Us
If you or your family has been touched by the tragedy of a child birth injury,
please call us, toll free, at 1-888-514-7555 for a free consultation or
contact us
by submitting our online form or by sending an email. We will do our best to help you or refer you to a birth injury attorney in your area who can.
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