Medical malpractice is established when a healthcare worker violates the standard of care, and an individual is injured due to negligence or omission. Ironically, one-third of all physicians in this country face lawsuits over such allegations. The most common errors Gurnee medical malpractice lawyers see are prescription mistakes, surgical blunders, and misdiagnosis.
Sadly, 10% of all deaths in this country are a result of a medical error. While many of these cases are brought to court, many are never reported. At the head of these claims is often an improper diagnosis. For instance, it’s estimated that more than 100,000 people are disabled or perish every year because they didn’t get the right medical findings and treatment.
These people usually have infections, cancer, or vascular events that were diagnosed as something else. A heart attack and cancer are the most missed diagnosed problems. Another significant issue is issuing wrongful prescriptions. Medication errors have become all too common, as it’s often challenging to read the doctors handwriting, or the pharmacists fill the prescriptions incorrectly.
Surgical errors come in various forms, but having unnecessary surgery or an infection at the surgical site due to a mistake is common. Since there are more than 200 million surgeries performed each year in the world, it’s understandable that there would be errors. However, most surgeons spend too much time in the operating room, and they are often called in at all hours. These overworked professionals are often tired, and their exhaustion leads to mistakes that can be devastating to the patient.
While medical professionals are humans and are prone to mistakes, it doesn’t mean that a person should just let medical negligence slide. The Law Offices of Robert T. Edens, PC wants to help folks who’ve experienced medical malpractice get the compensation and justice they deserve.
