When you visit a doctor or other healthcare professional it is usually for the purpose of treating an injury or illness or for a general check-up to prevent illness. Unfortunately, sometimes a healthcare professional actually causes an injury or illness instead of treating or preventing one. In fact, medical errors occur far for frequently in the United States than most people realize. If a medical error rises to the level of medical malpractice, the victim could be entitled to compensation for the injuries caused by the medical error.
Only an experienced Michigan medical malpractice attorney can review the unique facts and circumstances of your situation and offer an opinion as to whether or not you have a valid medical malpractice lawsuit; however, it may be helpful in the meantime to review some of the more common medical errors that lead to a compensable medical malpractice lawsuit.
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- Surgical errors – a surgical error can include things such as operating on the wrong person, operating on the wrong body part, delaying surgery without good cause, or leaving a foreign object inside the operation site.
- Diagnoses errors – these types of errors usually include situations where a doctor diagnoses the patient with the wrong condition or illness or fails to diagnose the patient when the patient should have been diagnosed.
- Prescription errors – a prescription may include prescribing the wrong medication, filling the prescription with the wrong type of medication or filling the prescription with the wrong dosage of medication, or failing to recognize dangerous drug interactions when prescribing medication or filling a prescription.
- Anesthesia errors – these errors can occur when a patient is given too little anesthesia or too much anesthesia. A patient can also have an adverse reaction to anesthesia if the healthcare provider fails to recognize an allergy to the anesthesia or an adverse interaction. A provider can also fail to properly monitor a patient while the patient is under anesthesia.
- Treatment errors – this is a broad category bit can include situations where a doctor failed to follow-up, failed to refer a patient to a specialist or failed to order diagnostic tests. It can also apply when a hospital fails to treat a seriously injured or ill patient in the ER in time and the patient dies.
If you believe that you are the victim of a medical error, or that you are the surviving family member of someone who was killed as a result of a medical error, consult with an experienced Michigan medical malpractice attorney right away to discuss your legal options.
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