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Children's Medical Malpractice
If you are reading this, you are probably aware that even seemingly routine visits to a pediatrician, doctor or hospital can go horribly wrong. While news stories of surgical instruments left inside patients and amputation of wrong limbs make news headlines, less unusual but equally serious mistakes are unfortunately made with all too high a frequency. Many of these cases involve the most vulnerable of patients - children.
To make matters worse, you can be left footing the bill for the hospital’s mistake. The majority of states have no laws forbidding hospitals to charge patients or their insurance for medical mistakes. Connecticut is one of 39 states that does not have a specific law forbidding hospitals to charge for treatment conducted in error.
Medical errors made during pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy can result in a lifetime of tragic consequences including long-term care and special needs schooling. Cerebral palsy is often associated with improper care during childbirth, delayed delivery, and fetal distress. If your medical practitioner neglected to screen for high blood pressure during your pregnancy, used poor techniques in delivery of your baby, or did not provide adequate post-delivery care, you may be able to hold him or her accountable.
Compensation through a claim for medical malpractice could provide relief to your family when faced with financial hardship, get your child on the road to recovery, and offer a better future. Call Attorney Sheffy today to determine if pursuing a medical malpractice claim would be in the interest of your child.
Frequent children’s medical malpractice cases include:
- Surgical mistakes: Surgeons, like many doctors in emergency rooms and hospitals, are often forced to work long hours under difficult conditions. As a result, they are sometimes not at their best in surgery and may make errors in judgment or technique.
- Incorrect diagnosis: Doctors can fail to order the necessary tests to determine the cause of a child’s illness. They may also misread test results and order the wrong treatment for a condition, resulting in devastating consequences.
- Negligent care: Perhaps a nurse failed to respond promptly to your child and left him unattended during a critical period. Inattentive care can result in tragedy for child and family.
- Improper drug administration: When children are given adult doses of medication by mistake, the result can include seizures, coma, and heart failure. Similarly, anesthesia should be introduced only by an anesthesiologist specifically trained in administering it to children.
- Wrongful death: Negligence in diagnosing or treating conditions can be fatal for patients. Improper treatment can result in asphyxiation, cardiac arrest, stroke, or brain trauma.
Attorney Sheffy defends the rights of children and adults injured by medical malpractice throughout Connecticut. He accepts cases from Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, Plainville, Southington, Avon, Farmington, Simsbury, Waterbury, Naugatuck, Shelton, Derby, Meriden, New Haven, Bridgeport, and various other towns.
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Good Teen - Bad Teen
- Something to Cheer About
- The Age of Consent does Not Mean Consensual
- Recovery Magazine
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- 3 Birth Injuries Every Hour
Description: Birth Injury injuries in the United States equal 28,000 per year, 2,333 per month, 538 per week, 76 per day, 3 per hour. If your child has suffered a birth injury call us now and we will evaluate your case. - Steroids Not Good For The Common Cold
Description: Steroids prescribed by pediatricians for a common cold may be harmful.
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