New Haven Medical Malpractice: Hospital Errors
When a hospital makes a mistake, the results can be devastating, including life-changing injuries or wrongful death. If a loved one has been seriously injured by a hospital's error, talk to an experienced medical malpractice lawyer at Jacobs & Jacobs in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Hospitals have an enormous responsibility to take care of their patients. When they fail in that responsibility, the consequences can be severe. For that reason, hospitals and all medical professionals are expected to maintain a high standard of care with every patient every day.
- Misread X-ray: A misread X-ray can mean a problem is ignored until it is too late to treat or treatment is much more extensive than it should have been.
- Failure to monitor: If the hospital staff fails to monitor vital signs (a heart monitor or a fetal monitor, for example), the resulting hospital error can cause a birth injury or wrongful death.
- Medication errors: If the hospital pharmacy fails to properly fill a prescription or if the wrong dosage is administered by a nurse or other caregiver, the hospital error may cause serious injury or death.
- Nursing errors in surgery: When a surgical nurse fails to monitor equipment, fails to take measures to prevent infection, or fails to have the right surgical tools at hand, the hospital is responsible for the error.
- Emergency room errors: Did the hospital emergency room personnel fail to make the appropriate tests for the patient's symptoms? Was the patient sent home without a proper diagnosis and treatment? Failure to diagnose or failure to treat a serious problem can increase the potential danger to the patient.
- Failure to respond: To save money, hospitals often staff at minimal levels. When they fail to provide sufficient staff to respond to a patient emergency in a timely manner, that hospital error could cause life-changing injury or wrongful death.
When you suspect a hospital error has caused a serious injury or wrongful death, talk to a medical malpractice lawyer who has the experience and resources to investigate the situation. Contact Jacobs & Jacobs.
You are welcome to call or e-mail our law firm to talk about your medical malpractice injury or a loved one's wrongful death caused by hospital error. If you cannot come to the office, we will come to your hospital room or home. We are able and willing to help you and your family through this.
