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Med ica l Ma lprac t i ces .
Medical malpractice refers to professional carelessness by a health care specialist in which treatment provided was of poor quality, and caused damage, injury or death to a patient. In most cases error may have been because nothing was done, also mentioned as negligent act.
There are many types of medical malpractices happening around us. Some even leads to the loss of a human life. Some of the medical malpractices are due to the following reasons;
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Surgical errors are faults made by a medical doctor or surgical group when performing a surgery process on a patient. Some examples of surgical errors are removing the wrong limb, treating an organ other than the one with the problem, performing the wrong procedure, or accidentally leaving items like sponge or surgical instruments inside the patient. This may happen intentionally or unintentionally.
Surgical Errors
Doctors usually give a prescription of their own to the patients. Here also medical malpractices may happen intentionally or unintentionally. Doctors may prescribe the wrong medicine and consuming it may lead to worse the disease or may be lead to the death of the patient.
Prescription Errors
Sometimes the medical doctors may fail to diagnose a patient properly. Failure to diagnose can apply to any illness or condition for which the failure to correctly diagnose results in serious medical consequences for the patient. This also happens intentionally.
Failure to Diagnose
Injuries that may happen to an infant due to a doctor's negligence or carelessness comes under this category. These problems include any limitations or fault that are attributable to something the staff did or did not do during the pregnancy period, or labor and delivery, like brain development problems, neurological problems, hearing or vision deficits, or respiratory or cardiac problems.
Birth Injuries
Medical malpractices may also be applicable in the case where a patient in a nursing home suffers serious health consequences because of something he facility or its staff failed to do.
Nursing home Abuse
If you have been injured in any way because of medical negligence, you can get claim for it. But there's a lot more to a medical malpractice case than a patient getting hurt. A medical malpractice case involves a mistake or error by a medical professional that damages or harms a patient. If you want to file a medical malpractice case knowing all its points, you'll definitely need a lawyer for that. New Jersey Medical Malpractice Lawyer firm is an experienced law firm which deals with medical malpractice cases. http://njmedicallawyer.com
If you have been injured in any way because of medical negligence, you can get claim for it. But there's a lot more to a medical malpractice case than a patient getting hurt. A medical malpractice case involves a mistake or error by a medical professional that damages or harms a patient. If you want to file a medical malpractice case knowing all its points, you'll definitely need a lawyer for that. New Jersey Medical Malpractice Lawyer firm is an experienced law firm which deals with medical malpractice cases. http://njmedicallawyer.com