Filing a Birth Injury Lawsuit in New York
Rise in serious medication errors
New York residents may be interested in a report indicating a considerable increase in serious medication errors outside of the hospital setting. The problem is especially serious for caregivers and children, and it is important for anyone taking or dispensing medication to keep in mind some guidelines to reducing the possibility of an error.
Techniques address endometriosis misdiagnosis
New York women may be interested in advancements in diagnostic testing for endometriosis. This serious disease effects nearly 10 percent of women of child-bearing age. Symptoms typically include pelvic pain, menstrual cramps and painful menstruation. It has been extremely difficult to diagnose correctly.
Medical Malpractice: Gynecological & Obstetrics Cases
The birth of a child is always a joyous occasion for any parent or family. However, it is also seen that due to doctors’ errors during the birthing process, either the mother or child or both have been negatively affected, resulting in irreparable harm and injury.
Medical Malpractice: Definition & Types
Medical Malpractice: Retained Surgical Instruments
Ever heard of the term gossypiboma? Probably not if you haven’t undergone a surgery where your surgeon left a sponge inside your body after closing up. Sponges aren’t the only thing that surgeons leave behind by mistake in their patient’s bodies. Scalpels, needles, forceps, clamps, suction tips, mops, scissors and tubes too, have been known to be left behind.
The malpractice angle
Sure this is an act of gross error or negligence that can jeopardize a patient’s life if severe post-operative infection sets in due to the presence of a foreign body.
It is a critical duty of the entire surgical team to take a full count of all surgical instruments and devices used during the operation and to ensure that nothing is missing. When this important surgical protocol has been violated, the medical malpractice angle surfaces.
Medical Malpractice: Cancer Misdiagnosis
It’s only natural that you will trust your doctor fully and shall expect him to make a correct and timely diagnosis always.
Medical Malpractice: Negligent Diabetic Treatment
With the global diabetic population growing by leaps and bounds every day, it is the principal responsibility of all practicing diabetologists to educate and effectively treat their patients and to save them from this “silent killer.” Diabetes indeed kills silently. In many cases it is even seen that the disease shows no apparent symptoms.
High rate of doctor misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s
Families of New York residents suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia may want to take heed of findings showing the prevalence of doctor misdiagnosis. Treatments are few and many are still experimental, but a study’s authors state that the future treatments will likely be very specific to the type of dementia. Findings show that in the best of situations, nearly a quarter of total Alzheimer’s prevalence was misdiagnosed as either false negative or false positive. The presence of psychosis was a leading factor in a failure to diagnose correctly.
Rare disease wreaks havoc when not diagnosed
New York residents might like to know about the process involved when believing a doctor or hospital acted negligently. In one case, a $28.5 million judgment was awarded to a patient after a failure to diagnose her condition. The patient and her family filed a lawsuit against Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities because they said they begged specialists to perform diagnostic tests when she had severe symptoms of Wilson’s Disease.