Medical Malpractice

When you’re prescribed a medicine by a medical professional, you expect that it should be correct. There’s very little involvement from you; you just assume that what you’re being given is what you need in managing or curing your particular illness.  Unfortunately,...

In the hospital, there are often many things happening rapidly and simultaneously to stabilize and treat the patient. The patient may or may not be conscious or lucid, and there might be family members present who are observing the activities. If you are a loved one...

Patients who end up in the hospital, whether in the emergency department or in a room for care, expect that their medical team will do what’s best for them. While this is what happens in most cases, some issues may occur. Sometimes, the care they receive while they’re...

The idea that a medical professional with years of training and hands-on experience would do something as ridiculous as leaving a tool behind in a patient seems like a joke to many people. There are numerous layers of protection in place to prevent such mistakes....

Most people have heard that if you don’t have to go into the hospital for care over the year-end holidays, you probably shouldn’t. The reasoning is that hospitals are likely to be short-staffed and the medical professionals who are there are likely to be younger,...

A hospital can be a chaotic environment: it is very fast-paced and the decisions that are made have serious ramifications. When the wrong choices are made, patients can be significantly harmed. People pass away every year due to medical malpractice, while others are...

Your primary care doctor refers you to a surgeon who specializes in the type of procedure you need. He seems knowledgeable, but you can’t help but notice that he is quite old. Not only that, but his hands shake a bit as he shuffles through some papers, and he takes...

When something goes wrong with your medical care, how do you determine if a physician acted appropriately under the situation or was, in fact, negligent? How do you determine whether your poor outcome was simply bad luck or malpractice? It may come down to the...

Sometimes, it’s just not possible for us to fight off illnesses on our own. There are also occasions when an accident occurs and medical intervention is needed to repair the injuries. In these scenarios, it is common to rely on surgical treatment. Surgery has advanced...

Before a surgeon begins an operation, they will often mark their patient first. This may be done with a permanent marker. Surgeons will write different things, or it could be as simple as drawing an X on the spot where the surgery will take place. The main reason that...