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Lawsuit Against Hospital For Misdiagnosis

When a hospital fails to diagnose a patientu2019s medical condition, they can make a Lawsuit against the hospital or medical professional for misdiagnosis.

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Lawsuit Against Hospital For Misdiagnosis

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  1. Lawsuit Against Hospital For Misdiagnosis If you’ve suffered a medical error caused by misdiagnosis, we understand how devastating the impact can be to you and your family. When a hospital fails to diagnose a patient’s medical condition, they can make a Lawsuit against the hospital or medical professional for misdiagnosis. Talk to our no win no fee medical misdiagnosis compensation solicitors to begin your claim. This simple guide shows how you can make a Lawsuit against the hospital or medical professional for misdiagnosing your medical condition or that of your family members, resulting in injury or damages. Our specialist medical negligence solicitors can help you claim compensation for a medical mistake that was entirely the hospital’s fault.

  2. What Medical Misdiagnosis? Medical misdiagnosis is a medical error by a healthcare professional who fails to properly identify or diagnose a serious condition leading to wrong treatment and causing harm to the patient.

  3. Medical misdiagnosis has become common than we realize. It is no longer a usual occurrence as more patients are faced with misdiagnosis on a daily basis. Medical misdiagnosis occurs when a careless medical treatment results in an incorrect, wrong or delayed diagnosis, leading to a patient’s injury or worse medical condition. What Are Medical Misdiagnosis Claims? Medical misdiagnosis claims are lawsuits made against hospitals or medical professionals for failing in their duty of care in diagnosing their medical condition. Failure to correctly diagnose symptoms or treat medical conditions brings about Lawsuits against hospitals or medical professionals for medical misdiagnosis.

  4. It is a type of medical negligence claim often caused by gp negligence or medical malpractice. If a health care provider has caused you pain due to delayed or missed diagnosis, you may be eligible to make hospital negligence claims. What Happens If A Hospital Misdiagnosis Your Medical Condition? We entrust our lives and that of our loved ones to the care of medical professionals, and hope that our medical condition improves. Unfortunately, medical mistakes can occur due to misdiagnosis and leave you devasted and injured. Sometimes a medical professional can miss your diagnosis due to inaccurate lab test by a negligent lab technician. Hospital Misdiagnosis can lead to worse complications and conditions such as: ● Long-Term Illness.

  5. ● Negative Side Effects. ● Unnecessary Surgery. ● Psychological Pain And Suffering. Common Types Of Medical Misdiagnosis Common types of medical negligence that can lead to suing the nhs for misdiagnosis include: ● Failure To Diagnose: If a doctor or hospital fails to diagnose but goes ahead to administer treatment to patients, it can lead to devastating consequences. ● Wrong Diagnosis: A Hospital can get you symptoms completely wrong if they fail to exercise reasonable care while running tests or reading test results. ● Delayed Diagnosis: Delayed diagnosis is one of the most common form of diagnostic errors. If a doctor makes

  6. a correct prognosis but the prognosis was delayed it could lead to late treatment and the patients condition can worsen. ● Missed Diagnosis: This occurs when a health care professional missed the diagnosis of a type of disease such as cancer. How Do You Prove Medical Misdiagnosis? In proving medical misdiagnosis, a patient must establish the fact that another hospital or medical professional in the same field would have made a correct diagnosis. You need to show that medical misdiagnosis occurred by establishing the following three elements: ● That The Hospital Or Medical Professional Owed You A Duty Of Care.

  7. ● That There Was A Breach In This Duty Of Care. ● That You Suffered Damages Following Delayed Or Wrong Diagnosis. ● That Medical Misdiagnosis Directly Caused Your Injury Or Harm. What Misdiagnosis Lawsuits? Are The Time Limits For Medical The general time limit for medical misdiagnosis lawsuit for compensation is three years, from the day the incident occurred or the day you realised your condition was made worse by missed or delayed diagnosis. We recommend that you get in touch with our nhs negligence claims solicitors to know if you can still make a claim outside these timelines.

  8. However, there are exceptions to making a medical misdiagnosis lawsuit within the three-year time-scale. If the affected patient does not have the mental capability to claim due to brain damage, the three-year time frame does not apply. For claimants under 18 years as at the time of the incident, they will only be able to claim after their 18th birthday up until they are 21. How Much Compensation Can I Get For Misdiagnosis? Suing for medical negligence can help victims of misdiagnosis to claim compensation for their pain and suffering directly caused by a negligent medical care. If you decide to claim against nhs or private hospital, you may be able to do that on no win no fee basis with our nhs negligence solicitors. The amount of compensation you receive depends on the severity of your injury. Speak to a

  9. medical expert solicitor to access your case and know how much you could claim as every case is unique. Why You Should Choose Us? Here at nhs negligence claim, we have the needed experience and have helped many victims of medical negligence to get compensation. Suing the nhs requires expert hands to give you a positive outcome. If you have been a victim of nhs misdiagnosis and wants to claim against nhs, we can help you in your quest for justice.

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