Medical Malpractice Explained

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There are so many cases that we get to read about where the patient had to suffer because of wrong diagnosis and treatment – things such as a left leg being amputated instead of right leg, or wrong kidney operation, wrong eye operation or being treated for flu when it was something else. The wrong treatment given by a medical practitioner because of his negligence is what we call Medical Malpractice. It could be failure to diagnose the disease, misdiagnosis of a disease, not providing the right treatment, or unreasonable delay in the treatment.

There is a specific medical malpractice law developed in many countries now. The law’s coverage may be different from one country to the other. Anyone providing medical care would come under this; which means even dentists, nurses, therapists and chemists would be included. Even hospitals and clinics would be charged for the mistakes of the employees.

Claims can be made by you incase of the following three things:

* If the medical service provider failed his duty of care as a case of negligence, and for which other providers would have done something else under the same circumstances.
* If the wrong...

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