What Kind Of Medical Mistake Constitutes Malpractice?
October 1, 2020
October 1, 2020
Medical professionals call mistakes that should not happen “never events.” Despite the name, statistics show that these things happen every single day. They include errors such as leaving surgical implements inside a patient’s body, wrong-site surgery and creating potentially fatal air embolisms.
When mistakes count as medical malpractice, they typically involve negligence or the failure to give the patient the standard of care that he or she has a right to expect in a medical center.
There are four critical conditions that you and your attorney must prove to show that malpractice occurred. They are:
When “never events” occur, you need a firm that is dedicated to excellence every step of the way.