Trusted Legal Avice for Victims Injured In A Medical Error
There are many quality medical clinics, hospitals, and other health care facilities in Miami that provide a high standard of care to patients. Unfortunately, not all medical professionals provide the necessary quality of care. When this is the case and medical negligence causes patients to become further injured, they can hold the healthcare professional, or the facility they work for, liable for paying compensation for the losses they sustained. Below, our Miami medical malpractice attorney explains in further detail.
Common Types of Medical Malpractice
While no one wants to think about it when they visit a health care facility for an injury or illness, there are many different types of medical malpractice that can occur. The most common of these are as follows:
- Delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis: Healthcare providers sometimes wait too long to properly diagnose their patients, or they never reach the correct diagnosis. This can cause a patient’s condition to become much worse and could even cause life-threatening complications.
- Surgical errors: There are many errors that can happen during surgery. Surgical instruments may be left inside a patient’s body, the wrong body part may be operated on, or the wrong patient may be taken into surgery. Surgical errors are some of the most serious types of medical malpractice and can result in serious complications such as infections, or death.
- Anesthesia errors: Administering too much or too little anesthesia are two types of mistakes that can occur. When an anesthesiologist fails to monitor a patient’s vital signs, it can also result in serious injuries.
- Medication errors: Inaccurate dosages, prescribing the wrong medication, and failing to recognize dangerous drug interactions are a few of the most common types of medication errors.
If you have been harmed by any of the above medical mistakes, or any other, our Miami medical malpractice attorney can help.
Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Claims
Like all personal injury claims, those involving medical malpractice are governed by a statute of limitations, or time limit. In medical malpractice cases, the time limit is two years from the date of medical negligence, or the date you should have discovered the malpractice. If you fail to file your claim within this time, you will likely lose your legal right to claim any compensation at all.
Medical malpractice in Miami, and throughout Florida, is also governed by a statute of repose. Under this law, you cannot file a medical malpractice if four years have passed since the date of the negligence, regardless of when you discovered your injury.
Our Medical Malpractice Attorney in Miami Will File Your Claim On Time
If you have been hurt in a medical facility or by a healthcare professional, you need legal advice. At Jimenez Mazzitelli Mordes, our Miami medical malpractice attorney can help you through the complexities these claims present and prove your argument so you obtain the full and fair settlement you are entitled to. Call us now at 305-548-8750 or fill out our online form to schedule a free case review with our attorney and to learn more about how we can help with your claim.
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