As we all know, in the United States, medical negligence, also known as medical malpractice, is the third most common cause of death for people in this country. We often read or hear terrible stories about medical negligence in the news. A bad amputation, irreversible damage from an overdose of strong medications, infection from careless nurses or poorly sterilized material could put you at high risk.
When referring to medical malpractice, we can say that it involves exceptional circumstances that do not represent a greater probability of it happening to us. However, deaths for this reason are more common than you think.
If you need to, you should contact the Conexión Legal team as soon as possible by calling 1800 201 1220 or by writing to us via WhatsApp so that you can receive the best free legal consultation from a medical negligence attorney, and in this way we can help you obtain the highest possible compensation.
What Do the Statistics Indicate?
Unfortunately, recent studies show us that medical malpractice occurs much more frequently than we would like to admit. In fact, researchers from Johns Hopkins University have estimated that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, immediately after heart disease and cancer. Although there are certain types of medical negligence, the most common cases are usually:
- Death due to negligence
- Birth trauma (during delivery)
- Physician negligence
- Nurse negligence
- Misdiagnosis
- Trauma in retirement home care
- Substance abuse preferences
- Prescription errors
According to a patient safety study in U.S. hospitals, approximately 195,000 people in the United States died between 2017 and 2018 from preventable medical errors. The research by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare quality control company, has found that medical negligence costs lives that could have been saved simply with a little care and professional ethics. Another 238,000 preventable deaths occurred in hospitals between 2015 and 2016, according to a follow-up study conducted by the same company. For its part, a report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, among the most common medical errors are medication errors, which injure at least 1.5 million people each year. Errors occur at every step of the way, whether by prescribing the wrong medication, dispensing the wrong medication, or failing to monitor a patient's adverse reaction to a particular medication. The vast majority of medical negligence claims, more than 95%, are resolved before trial. In some of these cases, the parties often settle when the doctor or hospital considers the negligence case to be relatively clear. However, in more than half of the cases filed, the defendants manage to have the cases closed for one reason or another.
Under these odds, the best thing you can do for your situation is to have a medical negligence attorney who can properly look out for your interests and prevent and stop any type of abuse.
One of the most difficult obstacles for plaintiffs to support their cases is that almost all evidence is in the hands and minds of the doctors and hospitals defending the cases. For medical negligence cases that go to trial, plaintiffs only win about a third of the time, so having a medical negligence attorney from Conexión Legal could be crucial to winning your case. Also read How do I know if I have a medical negligence case? The choice of your attorney is one of the aspects that can contribute to the final decision of your case. For this reason, if you or a loved one need it, you should contact the Conexión Legal team as soon as possible so that we can provide you with the best free legal consultation, and likewise, legal representation from a medical negligence attorney in case you suffer any type of personal injury to obtain the best possible compensation. Follow the steps in the following form to schedule your free consultation appointment.
