Many people in New York City and beyond suffer heart attacks. However, if a heart attack is caught early on, people have a greater chance of surviving.
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People in New York City and beyond rely on their doctors to give them a proper diagnosis. The same goes for their unborn children. Recently, one family was awarded $2.9 million from a hospital after they failed to diagnose a couple's baby with a life-changing condition.
Read more: Couple awarded $2.9 million for hospital's failure to diagnose
Receiving proper medical treatment in a timely manner is of utmost importance to patients. However, that does not always happen.
When people are left with debilitating injuries in New York City and beyond due to errors made by physicians and other hospital staff, those professionals should be held accountable. One man who suffered injuries because of a delayed diagnosis just now received the justice he was looking for after a doctor's errors put him in a wheelchair, unable to see or speak.
Read more: Hospital must pay $178 million for delayed diagnosis
When physicians fail to properly diagnose a patient, injury or even death can occur. That may have been the case for one man who died suddenly from a heart attack one year ago at the age of 50.
Read more: Doctor's failure to diagnose may have contributed to man's death
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