When Hospital Errors Cause Serious Injuries …
Studies show that hospitals often fail to meet our expectations for the health and safety of patients in their care. When the hospital staff fails to provide effective diagnosis, treatment and care, when that failure leads to serious injuries or wrongful death, talk to an experienced lawyer about hospital malpractice.
Hospital Malpractice ∙ Medical Mistakes
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A report by the Institute of Medicine entitled "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System" determined that between 44,000 and 98,000 people are killed every year by medical errors in hospitals. Many more are seriously injured because of hospital malpractice.
If you suspect that hospital malpractice seriously injured or killed a loved one, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Snyder & Wenner in Phoenix, Arizona.
What kinds of hospital mistakes cause serious injury or death?
For more than 25 years, our lawyers have built a reputation for investigating and litigating medical malpractice cases including mistakes made by hospitals. Common mistakes include:
- Failure of the staff to diagnose a serious health condition
- Failure to administer the correct treatment
- Failure to carry out physician orders
- Failure to report changes in patient condition
- Failure to order necessary diagnostic testing
- Failure to correctly read lab results
- Failure to challenge a bad order
- Failure to begin treatment of a serious medical condition in time
- Incorrect administration of medications
- Improper use of medical equipment
- Improper monitoring of patients
- Failure to properly count materials and tools used in surgery
- Failure to properly monitor the patient
- Failure to prevent post-operation infections due to poorly regulated safety procedures or violated rules of conduct
We work with clients to hold hospitals accountable for mistakes.
Our law firm takes the most serious cases — those that involve catastrophic injury or wrongful death. Our attorneys give full attention to each case, consulting with medical experts and preparing the case for trial.
As experienced trial lawyers, we do not take chances. We test our presentations to make sure we are presenting information in an understandable, effective, convincing way. Our verdicts and settlements demonstrate how we have helped clients obtain the compensation they need. For a free consultation, contact Snyder & Wenner.
