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Common Doctor Errors

As with general medical errors, a doctor error is a preventable adverse effect of care that you suffer at the hands of your doctor which causes you harm. Unlike a general medical error, which can be caused by various healthcare professionals and associated personnel, doctor errors are specific to your treating doctor.

Some doctor errors are more common than others. The following errors are commonly featured in various medical malpractice lawsuits, and it is important that you are aware of these common doctor errors so that you can help ensure that they do not happen to you.

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Hospital Negligence Led to Esmin Green’s Death

In 2008, a woman named Esmin Green died in the waiting room of Brooklyn’s King’s County Hospital Center in full view whilst hospital personnel did nothing to assist her. Ms. Green was a 49-year-old Jamaican immigrant who was admitted to the hospital as a psychiatric patient. She had been waiting for nearly 24 hours in the hospital’s waiting room before collapsing onto the waiting room floor due to a blood clot.

Hospital staff failed to provide basic medical care to Ms. Green and then tried to cover up their neglect. However, the incident was caught on one of the hospital’s cameras. The New York Civil Liberties Union and other lawyers were able to use this footage in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital for hospital negligence.

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Anesthesia Errors and Unintended Intraoperative Awareness

Of all the medications used in the healthcare industry, anesthesia is one of the most frequently used and one of the most important. Just about every medical procedure necessitates the use of anesthesia – whether local or general – and unfortunately, due to its complexity, errors can occur.

What is Anesthesia?

In short, anesthesia is a medical treatment that is used to prevent patients from feeling pain during the surgery and other medical procedures.

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Types of Trip And Fall Accidents in Bronx, NY

When we enter a building, a mall, or even a shopping complex, it never even occurs to us that a little trip and fall could land us in a hospital. Or that we could suffer a life-long disability. Property and business owners have a duty to make sure their premises are secure for their guests. Unfortunately, not everyone cares about fulfilling their responsibilities. Property owners often neglect to repair and warn people of a potentially-hazardous area on their premises. If you or someone you know has suffered injuries from such negligence, you may be able to bring a lawsuit against the responsible parties and receive compensation. At Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff, our Bronx trip and fall attorneys have 96+ years of experience in protecting the rights of clients who have been either severely injured or killed on private or public property. We have secured thousands of settlements and favorable verdicts through premises liability lawsuits and recovered over $1 billion to this date. If you’d like one of our Bronx, NY premises liability attorney to review your case for free, give us a call at 212-344-1000or write to us online. Our team of seasoned lawyers will evaluate every aspect of your case to see if you might be eligible for a settlement or compensation offer.

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Wrongful Death and Civil Law

Wrongful death is the legal and medical term used to describe your death, or the death of someone you know, due to the negligence or reckless behavior of other people or institutions. In the medical context, and in medical malpractice law, these people are doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and other healthcare professionals or healthcare organizations.

Wrongful Death Claims

Generally, it is your immediate family who will seek a wrongful death claim in the instance of your wrongful death. The most common reason for your family wanting to file a wrongful death lawsuit is to obtain compensation for the damages that have occurred as a result of your death. These damages can be financial and/or emotional.

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