Medical Mistakes Can Lead to Tragic Loss of Life, Pt. 1
Medical mistakes have real consequences. Lives are lost or serious injuries can permanently effect someone. That’s the focus of this article – the human side of medical malpractice.
Medical mistakes have real consequences. Lives are lost or serious injuries can permanently effect someone. That’s the focus of this article – the human side of medical malpractice.
These myths are misguided and mistaken beliefs that have infiltrated newspaper op-eds, media outlets, and the medical community.
Many hospitals fail to properly disinfect their equipment and patient rooms in between patients. This failure leads to increased patient infection and treatment resistant strains of disease.
Nearly 100,000 people die every year due to preventable medical mistakes. This is an unacceptable number and something needs to be done to change it. This article puts a spotlight on the human effects of medical malpractice and why reform is necessary.
At Shapiro & Appleton, our medical malpractice attorneys hold doctors and surgeons accountable for errors that cause colon and bowel perforations and leaks.