Despite a decade of promises, little has changed in the area of medical malpractice over the last ten years. According to Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, preventable medical errors kill over 98,000 people each year. Interestingly, this is about the same number of deaths due to medical malpractice as was reported a decade earlier in 1999.

Medical Malpractice is committed when a doctor, nurse or other medical care provider improperly treats or misdiagnoses a medical condition, resulting in an injury to the patient. When a patient is seriously ill and hospitalized, it often necessary for a number of specialists to treat the patient as part of a medical “team.” Often medical malpractice is committed when a doctor, nurse or other medical provider either fails to properly communicate with other providers who are caring for the patient and the patient "slips through the cracks." Another common cause of medical malpractice occurs when a doctor fails to prescribe a necessary test or otherwise performs an insufficient evaluation.

Common examples of medical malpractice include:

• Birth injuries
• Anesthesia errors
• Failure to properly monitor the patient
• Failure of follow-up care upon hospital discharge
• Failure to order proper tests
• Failure to review lab test results
• Medication errors due to faulty charting
• Prescribing drugs that interact with each other
• Failure to diagnose a serious illness or injury

As experienced medical malpractice lawyers, we start working for you as soon as we are retained to represent you. The first course of action is to send correspondence to the hospital demanding a full and complete copy of your medical records and that no records be destroyed. We then fully investigate every aspect of you medical malpractice case. This includes hiring the very best specialists in the fields of medicine at issue in the case to act as our experts. These experts work with us to prove how the malpractice occurred and how the malpractice caused your injuries. Among other things that our experienced medical experts do are: study all of your medical records, perform medical research to fully understand the medical issues at stake, work closely with our experienced medical malpractice attorneys to determine strategy, investigate all potential defendants, draft affidavits to be filed with the court, and help us proactively manage your lawsuit to ensure that you receive the help you need to fully recover for your injuries.

Many victims of medical malpractice suffer serious injuries such as:

• Paralysis
• Amputation or loss of limbs
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Undetected cancers
• Uncontrolled bleeds
• Aneurism
• Brain injury
• Other catastrophic injuries
• Wrongful death

Serious injuries such as these usually result in large amounts of damages in the form of medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages, disfigurement, future medical bills, and a diminished quality of life. In addition, the spouse of an injured person is entitled to be fully compensated for their “loss of consortium” which is the loss that occurs when a spouse is injured and the other spouse loses their companionship, services, and marital relations.

If you or a family member has been injured or killed due to suspected medical malpractice, you are entitled to be fully compensated for your injuries. At Fleming Law, P.C., we are experienced medical malpractice lawyers who work hard to get you all that you are entitled to under the law.

That said, a poor medical outcome does not necessarily mean there was malpractice. In some cases medical malpractice is obvious. The majority of cases, however, involve complex medical issues, requiring a thorough evaluation. At Fleming Law, P.C. we have earned our reputation for excellence by helping clients and families face life-changing tragedies such as this. We are experienced and skilled in medical malpractice litigation. We have recovered millions of dollars for our clients.

If you would like to discuss your case with an experienced Georgia injury lawyer, call Fleming Law, P.C. at (404) 923-7497 or contact us online. We are here to help.