With 2015 enrollment on Healthcare.gov now open, it’s the time of year when healthcare and insurance coverage is on everybody’s mind. And when we sit down and begin to examine the sea of policies, premiums, benefits, and deductibles we start to imagine what we’d do if the worst possible thing actually happened to us.
In my profession, I spend a lot of time with people who have had the worst possible thing happen to them. Some of them have suffered the devastating loss of a child, the life altering loss of a limb, the debilitating loss of the ability to walk or even communicate.
Ironically, some of these injuries occurred when the victims were in hospitals or nursing home facilities seeking care for non-life threatening illnesses.
Failure to Diagnose, Delayed Diagnosis, and Misdiagnosis are often cited as the basis for a medical malpractice claim. Failure to diagnose and misdiagnose occur when the doctor misses the diagnosis completely when other doctors would not have. This can be extremely difficult to prove and would need the testimony of experts. Delayed diagnosis occurs when the doctor does not diagnose the illness for an extended period of time and life-saving treatment is delayed.
All types of medical malpractice claims must prove that the doctor was negligent in a way that caused further harm or did not prevent the death of the patient.
If you believe that you may have been a victim of medical malpractice, call The Thomson Law Firm today for a free consultation. (540) 777-4900
