Columbia, SC Medical Malpractice Attorneys

Victims of medical malpractice may sometimes die. Survivors can suffer catastrophic problems, such as brain trauma, that require around the clock care. Many patients are never able to work again or enjoy life in the same way as they did before the malpractice occurred. These people all deserve to be compensated for wrongful medical acts.

Some of the many types of medical malpractice cases our attorneys handle include:

• Errors in diagnosis. Errors can occur because doctors fail to prescribe the right tests, interpret the results incorrectly, or fail to listen to the patient. An incorrect diagnosis usually means faulty treatment. Common diagnostic errors include the failure to diagnose cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and infections.
• Emergency room errors. ER doctors often fail to provide timely care, get a complete medical history, monitor the patient, or admit the patient to the hospital. Many patients get substandard treatment that causes serious harm.
• Surgical errors. Mistakes in the surgery room can include operating on the wrong patient, operating on the wrong body part, using the wrong tools, using unclean equipment, leaving devices inside the patient, and general failure to use the right medical procedures.
• Hospital errors. Hospitals should take reasonable steps to avoid infections, keep proper medical records, avoid spreading contagious diseases, properly train medical staff, and keep sterile equipment.
• Prescription errors. Medication errors include dosages that are too strong or too weak, drugs that improperly react with other drugs the patient is using, and failing to warn about side effects. Other drug errors include failing to consider allergic reactions or administering the medication improperly.
• Failure to get informed consent. Doctors are required to advise patients of the risks of surgeries and treatments. Physicians and the hospitals they work for must get an informed consent from a patient before they begin to operate on or treat the patient.

Our Columbia medical malpractice attorneys have been advocating for healthcare victims for many years. Our firm brings claims against hospitals, doctors, nurses, medical technicians, pharmacists, medical companies, and other healthcare providers and suppliers. We work with independent medical professionals to determine the cause of the medical malpractice.