Hospital Negligence Information
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Hospitals can be held accountable for the negligence caused by
the doctors, practitioners and administrative personnel staffed on
their premises. Hospitals have a standard of care and rules and
procedures for the staff to follow. If physicians or other hospital
employees were careless, lacked proper skills or disregarded
established rules and procedures, the hospital can be held
responsible.
Mistakes occur not only in hospitals but in surgery, nursing
homes, outpatient clinics and home care. The incidence of surgical
mistakes is reported to be alarmingly high. Surgical mistakes refer
to wrong-site surgeries such as negligent procedural mistakes,
like leaving a tool inside the stitched wound or incorrectly
administering anesthesia.
Civil and criminal lawsuits have been filed when some breach
of care or procedural rule has occurred in a hospital. An
experienced attorney can help evaluate the circumstances
surrounding hospital negligence and medical malpractice. A lawyer
evaluating hospital negligence can advise each individual if they
have a possible case.