slide 1: Some Common
Elements of Medical Malpractice
slide 2: Besides cancer and heart diseases hospitals are the
leading cause of death in the United States.
Approximately 440000 deaths occur every year due to
medical malpractice. It shows just how easy it is for a
hospital to make a mistake. However there are some
errors that occur more than others. Among all of the
errors that occur in the hospital here are some
common types of medical malpractice that occur on
a daily basis.
slide 3: Misdiagnosis Everything starts with a diagnosis. As soon as you get sick you visit the
doctor’s office looking for a treatment. If the doctor does a poor job or
makes a mistake in your diagnosis you could end up facing several
different problems each of them leading to more problems and further
complications down the road. At the same time failure to diagnose a life-threatening disease will have
devastating consequences. If you believe that you have been mistreated or
misdiagnosed recently contact a Philadelphia Medical Malpractice
Attorney and file a claim against medical malpractice.
slide 4: Prescription Drugs If you are properly misdiagnosed the chances are that you will
be given wrong prescription drugs. However there are cases
where patients were assigned the wrong drugs by mistake.
Either way taking the wrong pills could cause your condition
to evolve and get even worse. In the end you are left with a
catastrophic injury.
slide 5: Surgical Errors Surgeries are meant to save lives and help patients
overcome a dangerous and deadly illness. But quite often
the team of highly experienced doctors and surgeons work
round the clock to try and save as many lives which is why
they sometimes end up making a mistake. Each surgical
error has a high chance of causing the patient to lose their
life. And these mistakes happen every day all over the
United States.
slide 6: These mistakes involve: Forgetting surgical
tools or sponges
inside the patient’s
body Operating on the
wrong patient Operating on the
wrong side of the
patient Not sterilizing the
instruments before
the procedure
slide 7: Birth Injuries Many children are injured during birth which is
why almost half of all medical malpractice claims are
against obstetrician-gynaecologists OBGYN’s. There
are many potential childbirth-related injuries which
are a result of a medical mistake.
slide 8: Some of them include: Shoulder
dystocia Never damage Cerebral
paralysis Cephalohe- matoma Spinal cord
injuries
slide 9: If you or your child were injured while in the hospital
do not hesitate to get in touch with a Philadelphia
Medical Malpractice Attorney Eric H. Weitz.
Seek professional help and file a claim against the
hospital. You are just another victim of medical
malpractice and by choosing to do something about it
you help improve the entire healthcare system.
slide 10: Contact The Weitz Firm LLC Address: 1528 Walnut Street 4th Floor Philadelphia PA 19102 Phone: 267-587-6240 Website: https://www.theweitzfirm.com/contact.shtml
slide 11: Thank You…