Defective Medical Devices

Types of Malpractice Cases

• Failure to Diagnose Cancer
• Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer
• Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Meningitis
• Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

Failure to Diagnose Meningitis

Failure to diagnose meningitis is a common source of medical malpractice. The disease is curable if detected early and treated. Any delay in diagnosis can greatly reduce the chance of survival. People afflicted with bacterial meningitis may die or may suffer permanent injury which includes: brain damage and/or learning disabilities.
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Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor’s care deviates from the usual standard of care that other professionals would have done under the same or similar circumstances.

The medical malpractice in birth injury cases could include:

• Failure to diagnose or properly manage pregnancy complications
• Failure in timely matter to respond to fetal distress
• Complications in the delivery of the baby, resulting in irreversible brain damage or other injuries to the baby.

Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

Nursing home abuse is a serious problem. Too many nursing homes put profits before good care. As a result, nursing home abuse happens too often. Nursing home abuse can be physical, emotional, or negligence.

Nursing Home Abuse may include:

• Unreasonable Restraints
• Malnutrition
• Burns & Physical Abuse
• Withholding medication and/or over medication
• Insufficient assistance with eating and drinking
• Unsanitary conditions such soiled bedding

Failure to diagnose

Failure to diagnose is a form of medical malpractice. Most common types of failure to diagnose include:

• Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer
• Failure to Diagnose Cancer (other)
• Failure to Diagnose Meningitis

Gastric Bypass Surgery Complications

The fatality rate for gastric bypass surgery is approximately .5% or 1 in 200 which is nearly twice the rate of other major operations of similar complexity.

Gastric bypass medical malpractice includes:

• Patients were treated in facilities that lacked equipment appropriately sized for obese persons
• Physicians failed to respond immediately when a patient complained of symptoms that indicated suture line leaks, or other complications leading to death.