Hospital / Surgical Errors

Hospital / Surgical Errors

New York Hospital and Surgical Errors Attorneys

Manhattan ● Brooklyn ● Queens ● Bronx ● Staten Island ● Putnam County

Hospitals and surgeons are financially liable for injuries and deaths that occur as a result of their negligence. Due to staff shortages, turnover, and poor communication, nurses and hospital orderlies sometimes give the wrong medication to a patient, fail to maintain a sanitary environment, and occasionally mistake one patient for another. As a result, patients develop health complications or fail to receive the care needed to prevent their condition from worsening. In the case of surgical errors, departures from standard treatment protocols on the part of surgeons can result in botched procedures, disfigurement, and complications during surgery. At the Brooklyn, New York law firm of Weinstein, Chase, Messinger & Peters, we consult medical experts and hospital professionals in reviewing and evaluating the actions of surgeons, anesthesiologists, operating room nurses and other hospital staff.   In fact, we review evrey case with the physician and physicians assistant we have on staff. We expose mistakes and negligence on the part of medical professionals and demand fair compensation for our clients.

If you developed serious medical complications due to negligence on the part of a hospital or surgeon, contact the medical malpractice lawyers at Weinstein, Chase, Messinger & Peters today. We provide free consultations in order to evaluate your case and the legal options available to you.

Surgical Errors and Hospital Negligence

The law office of Weinstein, Chase, Messinger & Peters represents clients injured due to the following:

• Instruments or sponges left in patient
• Perforated bowel
• Failing to timely diagnose and treat a post operative infection
• Mistake by anesthesiologist
• Bedsores due to wet or dirty sheets
• Staph infection
• Incorrect dosage / dispensing wrong drug / dangerous drug interaction
• Removal of wrong organ
• Birth injury / shoulder dystocia
• Excessive blood loss
• Disfigurement from disease or procedure
• Dehydration
• Malnutrition
• Misidentification of patient resulting in wrong care

Establishing Malpractice - How do I Know if I have a Case?

Due to changes in the law governing torts, a preliminary finding of negligence on the part of a doctor or hospital must now be established before a lawsuit can proceed. As your attorneys, we evaluate your case, consult experts, and prepare all necessary documents and information in order to establish malpractice on the part of your doctor, surgeon or hospital. We also begin the process of interviewing hospital staff, recovering video footage from the operating room, reviewing medical charts and records to determine what happened and why.

Why Acting Sooner rather than Later is Important

If you have suffered medical complications or injury due to medical mistakes on the part of your surgeon or hospital, it's important to contact experienced surgical error attorneys sooner rather than later. If you wait for months to pass - crucial evidence could be lost, hospital staff transferred, and sometimes medical charts changed. To schedule a free consultation to discuss your case, call Weinstein, Chase, Messinger & Peters today.