Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional falls below the standard of care in treating a person.
To have a strong medical malpractice claim, one must have the following:
- a significant injury occurred to the patient
- the doctor or hospital staff’s performance did not meet the standard of care that is required of medical practitioners
- the lack of care or medical mistake directly caused the injury suffered by the patient.
This can occur in a variety of ways. Our aggressive attorney, Joseph Williams have years of experience in fighting for patients or patient’s family members to get the compensation and recovery they deserve. Whether the medical malpractice caused you to lose a loved one or caused them to become sicker, it is important to get advice from one of our attorneys to see how you can build up a claim to get some compensation for what has occurred.
When one hears “medical malpractice”, he or she will usually think of errors made during surgery. Although, surgical errors are the most common type medical malpractice claims, surgery is not the only time and place where errors can lead to a medical malpractice case. It could be due to the fact that the lack of staff members resulted in mistreatment or negligence.
Here’s a list of some of the common malpractice claims:
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- Prescription Drug Errors: Most pharmaceutical drugs come with a handful of side effects, however when a medical professional mistakenly prescribes drugs that are specifically going to interact with their patient in a negative manner, it has become a medical malpractice. For example, if a pregnant woman is prescribed a medication that is known to cause birth defects, or two drugs that interact negatively are prescribed at the same time.
- Misdiagnosis: This is when a medical professional misses to find a disease or chronic condition that worsens with time. Due to the fact that many symptoms like to ghost themselves, it’s hard to prove if it was the doctor’s fault or the invisible ailments fault.
- Failure to Treat: Due to the hustle and bustle of hospitals, sometimes medical professionals do not follow with the proper treatment that the patient needs to treat their patient’s conditions.
- Surgical Errors: These can cause extreme distress and alter one’s life for the rest of their life. This is not to be mistaken for ineffective surgeries. A surgery that is not effective does not qualify as an error. An example of a surgical error would be a patient waking up with brain damage due to poor ventilation during the surgery.
- Mistake During Childbirth: If the doctor’s timing was what caused the newborn to be born with a defect, then it is the his or her fault.
- Neglect Due to Low Staff: If you or a loved one didn’t get the proper access to the necessary services to keep one well, you may be able to file a claim through the basis of this.
- Death Due to Mistreatment: Sometimes medical professionals forget or neglect a patient’s needs or accidentally give a patient the wrong medication leading them to their death.
Determining whether you have a malpractice claim or not can be extremely hard on your own. Let Riley Williams & Piatt’s medical malpractice attorneys at Indianapolis help you bring a strong medical malpractice lawsuit. Call us at 317-672-0948, so we can help you recover quickly.