While the birth of a baby is always a very happy moment, when hospital staff or medical professionals such as doctors or midwives make mistakes during pregnancy and child birth, all of a sudden everything changes into despair.
When medical professionals make mistakes that cause injury to their patients, the doctors responsible and their employers are held accountable.
Medical negligence claims are often made against hospitals or doctors, midwives or other medical staff when as a result of their negligence a child suffers injury such as Erb’s palsy, brain damage or cerebral palsy.
Conditions such as cerebral palsy are irreversible, and countless numbers of innocent children are injured during pregnancy and delivery every year due to the negligence of medical staff.
When dealing with hospitals and doctors in a claim for medical negligence compensation, your best chances for successfully pursuing your claim rests with your experienced medical negligence lawyer.
Quite scary statistics about medical blunders
According to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), up to one million hospital patients are affected by medical mistakes.
Ten percent of patients staying in UK hospitals suffer injuries as a result of failures on the part of medical professionals.
PAC has estimated that about a million people have been victims of avoidable medical mistakes made by doctors, midwives, nurses, and other medical staff.
These are shocking revelations. Medical mistakes include the following:
i) Delay in providing treatment,
ii) Delay in diagnosing medical conditions,
iii) Giving wrong diagnosis,
iv) Failing to properly diagnose medical conditions,
v) Improper use of anaesthetic agents and the administration of wrong doses of medication,
vi) Failure to monitor patients,
vii) Providing contaminated blood transfusions.
Do you have a child birth injury claim?
The truth is that medical errors occur very often. If you or your child suffered a child birth injury as a result of medical negligence, an experienced medical negligence lawyer will help and can determine whether you or your child have a viable claim for compensation.
In child birth cases, it must be determined how the events leading up to the injury were managed by the doctors and other hospital staff. Your statement and medical records will be critical in pursuing your claim for compensation.
Your medical records will provide a complete timeline of events and will help your solicitor in proving who was responsible for your injuries.
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An experienced birth injury lawyer can help you make a claim and get the compensation you deserve if you or your child suffered injuries as a result of medical negligence.
Balinda and Company is an established legal firm that can help you win your case whether you wish to make a medical negligence or birth injury claim.