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Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is considered mistakes made by medical
professionals concerning the health and welfare of the persons in their
care. Malpractice usually results in injury, either psychological,
physical or both, or death as a result of mistakes or negligence on the
part of a medical professional. Nurses, pharmacists, physicians in any
field of medical work, any type of hospital, therapists ranging from
psychological to post op, are all held responsible for the care and
well being of their patient
A patient who feels that they have been a victim of malpractice, or the
surviving family of a deceased person who they feel has died under
suspicious circumstances, may file suit with a malpractice attorney
within a reasonable amount of time after the occurrence of such
negligence. The malpractice lawyer must make a case based on evidence
provided by the person claiming damages and present it for litigation
in court. A few reasons for basis of suit are, medication errors, post
surgery mistakes discovered, such as surgical tools left inside of a
patient after a surgical procedure, a diagnosis that was not related to
the patient, or failure to diagnose a certain problem with
complications resulting from lack of diagnosis.
There are thousands of malpractice cases having to do with cerebral
palsy. In many cases of cerebral palsy it is the attending physician's
mistakes that cause the permanent injury to the baby and those injuries
result in a condition that affects the child and their family for the
rest of his or her life. Cerebral palsy attorneys must prove what
negligent conditions were present at the birth of a child that resulted
in cerebral palsy. Some of those conditions are: failure to acknowledge
signs and perform caesarian section in order to aid oxygen flow and
lessen distress to the baby in cases of large birth, umbilical cord
distress and fetal distress signs, failure to respond appropriately to
seizures of infant, signs of toxemia, and timely meningitis treatment.
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