TYPES OF SOUTH FLORIDA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
When a doctor or healthcare provider offers below standard levels of care to a patient, the healthcare provider can be held legally accountable for the outcomes. These are some of the different types of south florida medical malpractice situations that can result in a healthcare provider being held legally responsible for medical malpractice:
- Misdiagnoses
- Delayed diagnosis or failure to diagnose a medical problem in time
- Surgical mistakes such as operation on the wrong patient or body part
- Failure to properly monitor for drug interactions
- Administering or prescribing the incorrect medication or dosage
- Lab testing errors
- Birthing sustained injuries
- Inadequate hospital policies such as staffing or cleanliness
The majority of south florida medical malpractice claims against primary care doctors happen as a result of a failure to diagnose or properly diagnose medical conditions. Surgeons, although, have been reportedly known to make errors such as leaving items used for surgery inside of patients or operating on an incorrect body part or the even the wrong person.
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