Examples of Medical Malpractice

Institutional Care

• Lack of nursing supervision, resulting in falls with complicated consequences

Medication errors

• Super Bug’ (MRSA, C. difficile) infections due to failure to institute evidence-based infection investigation and control measures.

Mis-diagnosis

• Failure to Diagnose Cancer
• Mis-diagnosis of Symptoms of an Impending Heart Attack
• Mis-diagnosis of Stroke
• Failure to Recognize DVT and Pulmonary Embolism (The ‘Pill’ and Hormone Replacement Therapy)
• Mis-diagnosis of Diabetes
• Failure to Recognize Meningitis
• Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis

Delayed Diagnosis

• Delay in Diagnosis of Heart Attack
• Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Stroke
• Delay in Cancer Diagnosis
• Failure to Timely Diagnose Appendicitis
• Delay in Diagnosing Internal Traumatic Injury

Surgical Error

• Unintentional Laceration or Perforation of the bowel
• Wrong Site Surgery
• Foreign Object left in a Patient
• ‘Lost’ IUD
• Unnecessary Surgery

Childbirth Trauma and Labor Malpractice C-Sections

• Mismanagement of a Difficult Birth
• Complications with Induced Labor
• Negligent Long-Term Treatment
• Negligent Follow-Up
• Failure to Monitor Treatment Errors in Anesthesia