Eugene Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Medical malpractice is a general legal term used to describe any incident in which a patient is unduly harmed by a physician through a medical procedure, medication error, medical advice or failure to recognize symptoms of disease. We've all heard horror stories about surgical instruments being left behind, preventable infections overtaking a body and misdiagnoses leading to fatality. These mistakes can and do happen.
At the Savage Law Firm we understand no one is perfect, but if a physician makes a mistake that changes your life for the worse, we’ll be there to help. For more than three decades, we have helped our clients recover full and fair money damages from negligent medical facilities and professionals responsible for damages resulting from an act of malpractice.
Contact Bill Savage or Carol Hepburn, Portland and Seattle medical malpractice lawyers.
Surgical Errors
Surgery is a serious undertaking for both the patient and the surgeon involved. There are fundamental risks in any surgery that a skilled and meticulous surgeon should overcome. But, in cases where injury is incurred through the fault of the surgeon, medical negligence could be to blame.
It is the surgeon’s responsibility to thoroughly understand the patient’s case and the appropriate corresponding procedure before committing to surgery.
Hospital certification rules require procedures to protect against wrong-site surgeries. These procedures place the responsibility of correctly identifying the surgery site on the surgeon, surgical team and nurses, but mistakes still happen. Wrong-site surgeries increase the trauma and delay the healing time for patients.
Emergency Room Errors
Any time someone enters an emergency room there is opportunity for medical mistakes to occur. It is critical that emergency room patients are given appropriate priority based on their injuries or symptoms. Failure to properly triage a patient and recognize acute symptoms can easily lead to further physical damage or fatality.
Birth Injuries
Everyone wants to have a healthy baby free from medical concerns. When negligent physicians and hospitals cause harm to infants during birth, parents have a right to pursue legal action. Our Beaverton, Oregon, birth injury attorney can help you seek the compensation your child will need for on-going medical treatment and rehabilitative therapies.
Failure to Diagnose/Delayed Diagnosis of Cancer
Medical professionals are trained to care for and heal their patients. Part of the health care and treatment process is the diagnosing of diseases. This is an art unto itself and is left to the expertise of educated physicians.
Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis are serious issues for patients as they can have a wide range of consequences. Doctors have been known to miss warning signs for certain types of cancer, thus dangerously delaying treatment for a disease that requires early detection for success.
Patients are sometimes misdiagnosed with a disease that they do not even have and are given harmful medications that worsen the real health problem. Serious illness or injury results from medical misdiagnoses every year.
Pharmaceutical Errors
Many medications can cause serious harm if they are not properly administered. When a medical provider gives a patient the wrong dosage or the incorrect medication to treat a particular illness, further damage may ensue.
Orthopedic Conditions
Orthopedic conditions can be very serious and must be attended to immediately. They cover a wide range of bone injuries that, if the fault of a physician, can have serious legal implications.
To discuss your potential claim, contact a Portland or Seattle medical malpractice lawyer at the Savage Law Firm. We can help.
