Albuquerque Medical Malpractice Law Blog

In a medical setting, mistakes happen for all sorts of reasons and even the most caring medical professionals may make an error. However, these mistakes can be incredibly disastrous for patients who are harmed and make life very tough for their families also. There are times when a physician may be even more likely to make an error, such as someone who does not have very much experience. Whether someone is performing a surgical operation that they do not have much familiarity with or a doctor simply has not worked with many patients in their brief career, inexperience can increase the probability of devastating errors.

Sometimes, these mistakes result in the loss of a patient's life. When this happens, the loved ones of a patient who passed away should immediately examine all of the details surrounding the death and identify the proper course of action (filing a lawsuit may be necessary). Even when patients survive doctor errors, their lives can be turned upside down in all sorts of ways. From a worsened condition to a disability that never should have shattered someone's life, these mistakes and the consequences that come with an injury cannot be ignored.

We have handled many, many sepsis cases

The worst thing any parent can picture is losing their child to a medical misdiagnosis. For one family though, this is exactly what happened after their 12-year-old daughter died after an urgent care facility misdiagnosed her with the flu. Just days after this misdiagnosis, the girl passed away due not to influenza – but to sepsis.

Losing someone you love is never easy, but certain losses can be especially traumatic. For example, someone who loses a spouse, child or some other family member because of a medical professional's error may be devastated to know that the death was completely avoidable. Far too many people have passed away too soon as a result of medical professional negligence and there are all sorts of ways in which these errors transpire. In this post, we will look into wrongdoing involving prescription medication and some of the pain that this has caused families across New Mexico.

Some prescription drugs can be extremely dangerous and negligent medical professionals may fail to respect how powerful these drugs can be. Whether a patient is prescribed the wrong type of drug, too much of a certain drug or a drug that interacts with another prescription they are taking, fatal errors involving prescription medication take various forms. Some people may lose their lives after struggling with an addiction to opioid medication that they never should have been prescribed in the first place, while others may pass away after taking a newer drug that has not been on the market for very long.

We all like to think that everything will go fine during the delivery of a child. However, things can go wrong. And when they do, it’s important to understand what happened.

In this post we are going to focus on shoulder dystocia – a medical complication that can occur during birth -- and what the long-term impact can be.