One of the most egregious mistakesWhat Else Constitutes Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice does not have to involve something as outrageous as operating on the wrong side of the body or removing a perfectly healthy organ: if medical standards are not followed and this results in injury to a patient, a medical malpractice claim can result, and this includes failure to diagnose and seemingly negligent oversight and lack of action.
In fact, of late, there have even been calls that one doctor’s decades of purposeful sexual abuse of patients should also be deemed medical malpractice; and what about other health professionals who turned a blind eye to this harmful behavior? What about the hospital where these health professionals work—aren’t they somehow negligent in their oversight of these professionals? A number of juries have, in fact, found hospitals to be vicariously liable and guilty of acting with malice by allowing doctors to perform improper or medically unnecessary procedures on patients, as well as procedures done without first obtaining the consent of the patient. And it isn’t just doctors and hospitals that are sued: One woman recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an ambulance, town, and EMTs when she suffered injuries as she was being transported from her home to the hospital.
