MEDICAL MISDIAGNOSIS
Medical Misdiagnosis is a serious risk every time you go to the hospital. Medical treatment does not come with the guarantee that everything will be handled at one hundred percent capacity. Doctors, nurses, surgeons, and all other kinds of medical professionals have a standard quality of care. But sometimes this standard is subverted and the patient suffers.
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Medical misdiagnosis is a serious offense to the standard of health care in this country. And sometimes the medical professionals negligently misdiagnose a patient. This can result in giving a patient medication that may be harmful, and even fatal.
Harvard researchers found that 1% of a representative sample of patients treated in New York state hospitals in 1984 were injured, and one-quarter of those died, because of medical negligence and medical negigence.
The National Patient Safety Foundation cites that 42% of medical patients feel they have had experienced a medical error or missed diagnosis. Patient safety is sometimes negligently given the back seat for other concerns, such as the cost of medical tests, drugs, and operations.
Common diseases that are frequently misdiagnosed are:
Medical Misdiagnoses are a serious risk to our healthcare profession. If they continue, then people will fear going to the hospital for treatment. We can put an end to medical misdiagnosis by informing the public and filing claims and suits against the medical practitioners at fault.
Please contact us if you or anyone you know has been a victim of medical misdiagnosis. We are here to help you.
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