Medical Malpractice

Physicians are obligated by law, and the ethos of their profession, to treat the patient in front of them. If you turn up in an emergency room, you cannot be refused treatment because of your race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Nor can you be turned away because of your financial status. Physician can also be held liable if they fail to treat you because of a misdiagnosis.

This type of error is often the result of the poor handwriting of most physicians. In modern hospitals, most prescriptions are entered into a hospital computer system, which makes it easier to read and track the medications that various patients are on. However, the right data must still be entered. If you are given the wrong type or quantity of medication, it can lead to serious health complications.

Surgical errors include operating on the wrong body part, leaving surgical tools such as clamps, drains, retractors, cotton swabs, and surgical sponges inside the patient, and even operating on the wrong patient. If you have been the victim of a surgical error, then you should hold the physician and hospital accountable.

For most surgeries, the patient must be put to sleep. If you must have emergency surgery or choose to undergo elective surgery, a qualified anaesthesiologist should be present to administer the medications that will put you under. If you woke up in the middle of surgery, the physical pain and mental trauma of the experience can leave you scarred for a very long time. You can hold all those responsible for your ordeal to account by taking legal action.