Medical Malpractice

Doctors are typically required by law to get “informed consent” from patients before they perform medical procedures like surgery or various medical treatments. The primary exception is when they’re providing emergency care. Most people have been handed a multi-page...

People who end up in the hospital, whether for a scheduled procedure or as the result of a sudden injury or illness, are typically anxious about a lot of things. Most don’t consider, however, the possibility of a ransomware attack and what that could mean for their...

After treatment, doctors are required to provide patients with follow-up care. For example, a doctor should monitor a patient's progress, confirm the patient is taking medications as prescribed, stay informed about the effects of the medicines they prescribed, make...

Vacuum extraction is a common procedure used to assist with delivery when labor stalls or complications arise. It involves attaching a soft or rigid cup to the baby’s head and using suction to guide them out of the birth canal during contractions. While it can save...

It can be tricky to trust someone else to care for your child. However, with medical issues, parents must trust doctors and medical professionals.  Doctors have a legal duty of care to all patients, especially children. As they are not fully developed physically,...

Many women face challenges in receiving accurate diagnoses for certain health conditions, often leading to prolonged suffering and complications. In many cases, missed, delayed or misdiagnosis are forms of medical malpractice. Without a correct diagnosis, female...

Most people who undergo surgery would never imagine that medical professionals would use their operation as an opportunity to teach those learning to become doctors and nurses how to perform pelvic or other intimate exams that aren’t part of the procedure. Certainly,...

Anesthesia has changed modern medicine. Complicated surgical procedures can take place without the patient suffering any pain. However, anesthesia only works if it is administered appropriately. While relatively rare, anesthesia errors are common enough to warrant...

If you suffer harm due to a mistake by a medical practitioner, then you might feel it occurred because they were not giving you their full attention at the time. There’s a good possibility you are right. Doctors are just as prone to distraction as the next person. You...

A horrible incident of medical malpractice has made news around the nation after a 70-year-old man died when his surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen.  The revelations that came afterward, however, make the whole incident even worse – and showcase one of...