In order to succeed in a medical malpractice case, a plaintiff must show the doctor or other health care professional was negligent in providing medical care, that negligence was a cause of injuries, and that damages occurred as a result. Generally, there are no guarantees that a surgery will be successful. Your body may not have responded the way it was expected during surgery, or there may have been unanticipated complications that resulted in the surgery being less than successful.
However, sometimes surgeries are not successful because of doctor or hospital malpractice. It’s been estimated that hundreds of thousands of people die in the United States alone each year because of negligence by health care providers.
When performing surgery, surgeons are required to use the same degree of skill and care that a surgeon of a similar type of specialty would use under the circumstances. If the surgeon fails to follow medical standards and provides substandard care, malpractice occurs. Whether your surgery was performed on an emergency or an elective basis can make a difference in your treatment – if the surgery occurred because of a medical emergency that arose, your treatment will be different than a surgery that has been planned for months.
It’s important for a qualified medical malpractice attorney to meet with you to discuss whether you may have a medical malpractice case. A qualified attorney can review your records and consult with experts to determine whether your surgery outcome was the result of poor treatment or not.
If you believe you have been the victim of medical malpractice, and you’re in the Washington D.C. area, contact medical malpractice attorney Gabriel Assaad of Assaad Law at 202-741-9378 to learn more about your legal options.
