A new investigation into county hospitals has found that doctors, nurses and other staff in many of America’s hospitals falsified records in order to cover up medical malpractice mistakes.
Our firm’s San Diego personal injury attorneys know that in addition to causing you an immense amount of pain and suffering, medical malpractice can cause more severe personal injuries including wrongful death.
The investigation looked into three hospitals – Bellevue, Woodhull and Jacobi Medical Center – and determined that their records either lacked crucial data or were missing completely, making a thorough investigation into medical malpractice mistakes nearly impossible.
An investigation into medical malpractice in U.S. hospitals found that some hospital staff members covered up medical mistakes.
At Bellevue Hospital in New York, investigators looked into a wrongful death after rumors surfaced that the patient died from medical negligence. The investigation found that the hospital and its staff were in fact at fault for his death. The hospital staff then tried to cover any record of it in order to avoid being fined.
At Woodhull Hospital another wrongful death occurred, this time it was an infant’s wrongful death. The infant arrived at Woodhull with difficulty breathing and fever of 102. Two pediatric residents — who weren’t supposed to examine critical care patients without direct supervision — performed the exam. Twenty-four hours later, the infant died due to a misdiagnosis.
Finally at Jacobi Medical Center, the problems there included losing medical records and failing to properly track patient care and status. Both of which either led to severe injuries for the patients or wrongful death.
Our personal injury attorneys in San Diego know that individuals trust that medical professionals will cure whatever illness they are suffering from. But what happens when their negligence leads to a severe injury? They should be held responsible for their actions and hiring an experienced medical malpractice attorney will ensure that you get justice.
You can also protect yourself from medical malpractice by doing your own hospital research at our medical treatment resource page.
Please contact us for a free consultation with an experienced San Diego personal injury attorney — we speak both English and Spanish — at (800) 655-6585. Click here and you may also submit your case for a Free Review. No fee if no recovery.
About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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Tags: Bellevue Hospital, Jacobi Medical Center, medical malpractice, Woodhull Hospital, wrongful death
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