When to Contact a Medical Malpractice Attorney
All professionals in the healthcare industry including surgeons, family practitioners, psychiatrists, nurses, hospital administrators, nursing home personnel, and dentists can potentially harm a patient. Whether the harm is done as an act of will or neglect, you are entitled to compensation if you have been injured by a medical professional.
Medical malpractice comes in many forms. Here are just a few of the more common examples:
Delayed or failed diagnosis — heart attack, stroke, cancer, meningitis, brain injuries, and neck fractures are commonly misdiagnosed. Harm can be immediate or long term.
Emergency room malpractice — may include delayed treatment or diagnosis, misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose, laboratory errors, failure to fully evaluate or fully treat a patient, failure to monitor a patient, medication errors, surgical errors, contaminated blood transfusions, poor sanitation, and other negligence.
Birth injury malpractice — may include improper use of delivery instruments, failure to monitor fetus or mother, failure to respond to fetal distress, failure to perform a timely c-section, failure to respond to mother’s medical problems, inappropriate medications administered to the mother, and failure to monitor and treat newborns.
Surgical malpractice — includes wrong site surgery (removing the wrong organ or limb, surgery on the wrong part of the body, or surgery on the wrong patient), anesthesia error, use of surgical instruments which have not been properly sterilized, and instruments left inside the patient leading to infection and injury.
Prescription and medication error — includes any error in the administration or prescription of medicine that causes harm to a patient.
Nursing home negligence — nursing home neglect includes failure to provide adequate fluids and nutrition, assistance with hygiene needs, proper clothing and shelter, medication and medical care, protection from safety hazards, and adequate supervision.
Medical malpractice cases can be very expensive and time-consuming. The Pennsylvania and New York medical malpractice attorneys at The Stanley Law Offices are experienced analysts and litigators with years of experience challenging the medical establishment. If you have been injured by a healthcare professional, it is in your best interest to hire experienced malpractice attorneys. We know how to get the compensation you deserve.
If you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, please contact us our Medical Malpractice Attorney office today to schedule a free consultation. There are no legal fees unless you recover for your losses.
