Medical malpractice can occur when a doctor, nurse, hospital, clinic, and/or nursing home fails to provide adequate medical care, fails to properly diagnose a medical condition, or fails to properly treat a medical condition. When medical treatment does not result well for a patient, this does not necessarily mean there is a case. Medicine is not a perfect science and there are risks inherently involved with any type of medical procedure. However, when a medical provider deviates from the acceptable standard of medical care and makes a medical mistake that results in serious injury — there may be a medical malpractice case and you’ll need aggressive legal representation to get answers.
There are many different types of medical negligence, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Delay in diagnosis
- Failure to make a proper diagnosis
- Surgical mistakes
- Improper medical treatment
- Birth injuries, such as brain damage and cerebral palsy
- Drug prescription error
- Improper anesthesia
- Failure to obtain proper consent prior to a procedure