Sunday, May 9, 2010

Medical Malpractice - Shocking Medical Malpractice Records

If you or a loved one has been the victim of a medical malpractice act, you are not alone. Unfortunately, Texas is one of the states that have many medical malpractice lawsuits brought against it. 


Every year, in the entire United State there are many different cases of medical malpractice. Some of these cases are not very significant, while others have resulted in serious injuries and even death. In fact, there are more than 90,000 deaths every single year in the United States that may be attributable to medical malpractice.


Some of the more minor issues have involved botox. Doctors have been found to have been using inexpensive substitutes for botox on their patients. This is not an isolated incident either. In fact, there have been over 1,000 such cases reported recently.


So there are small cases, large cases, and everything in between. Often medical malpractice results from a doctor making a misdiagnosis.

If the doctor assumes that a patient should be treated in a certain manner, the doctor prescribes treatments for the patient which may include prescription drugs. If the diagnosis was faulty, the drugs that are prescribed may not be appropriate for the patient's condition. As such, the patient may receive medicine that can do more harm than good. It is not all that rare that patients have been given medicine that resulted in their death.

Whether you are a Texas resident of not, there are numerous mistakes made by medical professionals. You need to take the necessary steps in order to try to prevent yourself from becoming a malpractice statistic.