Mississippi Medical Malpractice Attorneys Share a Big Picture View of Malpractice

Everyone needs medical care sometimes. When a person needs medical care for any reason, they trust the professionals that they are receiving care from to help them with whatever medical situation they are seeking help for. While most of the time, medical professionals do help those to whom they provide care, sometimes, they do more harm than good. Sometimes, medical professionals make mistakes, or they are not careful enough when they are treating the patients in their care. Some mistakes do not have a negative impact on the patient or their health, but others can have serious adverse health effects and, in some cases, can even result in death. When a mistake is made by one or more medical professionals who owe a duty of care to a patient, and the patient is damaged by the mistake, then medical malpractice or medical negligence has occurred.

There are many ways in which medical malpractice has touched the lives of those who have been affected by it. While each instance of medical malpractice is distinctive and affects the victim and their family in a way that is unique, many people would like to know more about how medical malpractice affects the population as a whole. Statistics on medical malpractice are valuable in that they provide an overview of what kinds of incidents result in medical malpractice, what injuries the victims suffer, and what kind of care the victims were receiving when the malpractice occurred.

There are eight types of medical malpractice claims which correspond to eight types of medical care scenarios. For example, the greatest number of medical malpractice claims arise from situations in which there has been an incorrect diagnosis or a failure to diagnose. The other types of claims arise from surgeries, treatment, obstetrical care, medication errors, anesthesia, and patient monitoring. As with any compilation of statistics, there are incidences of medical malpractice which do not fit neatly into one of the seven aforementioned categories, so the eighth type of medical malpractice claim is that which results from some “other” type of incident.

The victims of medical malpractice experience a range of injuries, and, in approximately a third of instances, death. The other categories of injury that are commonly alleged in medical malpractice claims are permanent injuries, brain damage, quadriplegia, and injuries that will require care for the remainder of the victim’s life.

The medical professionals whose errors give rise to medical malpractice claims are distributed fairly evenly between those who work in an inpatient setting and those who provide care on an outpatient basis. Neurosurgeons and thoracic-cardiovascular surgeons top the list of the types of professionals who are sued for medical malpractice most often.

Giddens Law Firm, P.A.: Mississippi Medical Malpractice Attorneys

If you have been injured as the result of medical malpractice, Mississippi Medical Malpractice Attorneys can help you to recover financially for the injuries that you have sustained. If you have questions about medical malpractice in Mississippi, please call the Giddens Law Firm, P.A., at (601) 355-2022.