Hospital Negligence
Hospital negligence is one of the most terrible forms of maltreatment anyone can suffer. There are a wide range of activities that may be considered to be hospital negligence, including failure to follow protocol, failure to deliver adequate treatment and attention, and a lack of safety rules and regulations. When hospital workers deliver negligent care to their patients, they have committed a form of medical malpractice.
If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of medical malpractice, contact a Washington medical malpractice lawyer of Fuller & Fuller today at 800-570-4878.
Types of Hospital Negligence
In the medical realm, negligence is defined as a health care worker’s failure to provide a patient with adequate care. This includes not only treating the patient in a careless manner, but also failing to perform up to the expected level, either through lack of knowledge or lack of competence. Examples of hospital negligence include the following acts:
- Negligent handling of patients
- Committing emergency room errors
- Failure to follow protocol
- Lack of protocol
- Failure to sanitize self or equipment, when necessary
- Providing inadequate care
- Surgical errors
- Pharmaceutical errors
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If you or someone you love has been a victim of hospital negligence, then you deserve to demand damages for such egregious mistreatment. You may be eligible for compensation to cover medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more. Contact the Washington medical malpractice attorneys of Fuller & Fuller today at 800-570-4878 to learn more about your legal rights and options.