When something goes wrong, it is natural to want answers-what happened and how did it happen? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are not forthcoming when it comes to resolving mistakes made in the medical field. When someone's condition is worsened due to a...
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Get compensation from a negligent medical professional
All employees and workers have to maintain a certain standard when completing their work-related tasks. With regards to doctors and medical professionals, this means they must adhere to a certain standard of care when dealing with their patients. When they fail to...
Nursing home complaints up 33 percent in last five years
Even though various factors cause millions of elderly people to reside in nursing homes across the country, the period between 2011 and 2015 saw a slight decrease in the occupancy of skilled nursing home facilities. Unfortunately though, the same period saw a 33...
What is medical misdiagnosis?
When Massachusetts's residents go to a doctor, they expect to leave feeling better than they were previously, not with a worsened medical condition. Though we assume they have the requisite knowledge, at the end of the day they are also human and can make human...
How often do surgeon errors take place?
When Massachusetts' residents hear the term 'never event', it would be fair to assume it is something that never happens, as the name implies. In a medical context, this term refers to events that are particularly shocking and should have never happen in the first...
Failure to diagnose can worsen medical conditions
Most Massachusetts's residents go to their doctors because a medical professional can offer him or her medical guidance and improve an ailment. We take what our doctors have to say for granted, assuming that they will be acting in our best interest. Unfortunately,...
What is the statute of limitations?
Readers of the Salem personal injury law blog may be aware that they can file a personal injury lawsuit against someone who has caused their accident. Whether it was caused in a car accident or truck crash or by a medical professional's malpractice, it is possible to...
How do doctors try to avoid medical malpractice
All medical professionals are human. They become tired, frustrated, and even angry, sometimes while on the job. Although these feelings are understandable, it is wholly unacceptable when they interfere with an individual's medical care. All too often, fatigued,...
Medical professionals responsible for medication errors
Medical malpractice can occur in a number of ways. A victim may be subjected to a doctor's failure to diagnose, a medical professional may commit a surgical error, or a doctor may perform medical treatment that goes beyond the consent given by the patient. In all of...
Hurt by your doctor? Think about a medical malpractice claim
Have you ever gone to the doctor or the hospital and come out worse off? If so, then you may be justified in filing a medical malpractice claim. These lawsuits, aimed at those medical professionals who have acted negligently, as well as the institutions that employ...