If you got a severe illness from a hospital or other healthcare setting, a Miami avoidable infection malpractice lawyer can help you pursue the compensation you deserve for your mistreatment. Avoidable infections are all too common, and you deserve payment for your extra medical bills, pain and suffering, and more.
At Kaire & Heffernan, we can help you seek compensation. If you or a family member became seriously ill with an avoidable infection while hospitalized or in another healthcare situation, contact our medical malpractice attorneys today. We have helped many other victims and their families collect the funds they deserve.
Most healthcare and eldercare professionals do their jobs well. Still, hospitals, urgent care facilities, and nursing homes are often understaffed. Their employees are usually overworked, or they may make a human error throughout the course of your care. Surgeons and nurses are humans, too, and they make human mistakes.
When these institutions are overburdened, or their staff is overworked (or careless), patients may become seriously ill with infections that arise from their treatment.
Common avoidable infections include:
An attorney in Miami could determine the cause and liable parties of an avoidable infection.
Several conditions and infections can stem from pressure sores. When patients spend too much time lying or sitting in one position, they can develop bedsores on their skin. These open wounds, if not tended, can lead to cellulitis and bacterial infections. Sepsis, a life-threatening reaction that occurs when the body begins to attack its own organs, can be fatal. Some patients find bedsores painful, but others do not notice them, probably due to painkilling medications.
It is crucial that nursing staff move patients several times throughout the day. However, this can be difficult if a patient is undergoing certain treatments, like a ventilator.
A Miami avoidable infection malpractice attorney could help patients and their families collect the funds they deserve for negligent treatment in healthcare settings. Avoidable infections can lead to extended hospital stays, increased medical costs, missed wages, and life-threatening illnesses.
Some victims find themselves paying for other costs, like increased childcare or other help around the house or yard. Bills pile up quickly, and families struggle to make ends meet, especially if the primary breadwinner of the home is spending many months in the hospital.
Other families face even more tragic situations when a patient loses their life to an avoidable infection like hospital-acquired pneumonia or sepsis.
If you or a family member became seriously ill after a hospital stay, surgery, or time spent in a nursing home, call the professionals at Kaire & Heffernan now. You will speak with a knowledgeable, aggressive Miami avoidable infection malpractice lawyer right away, and we will help you get the compensation you are owed.
Unlike other malpractice attorneys, we are unafraid to take on the most prestigious hospitals, surgeons, or elder care facilities. We know how insurance works and will fight tirelessly on your behalf. Book your consultation today.
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