Mistakes can be made by medical personnel but if these mistakes are avoidable and result in the alteration to the health or life of a patient, you may be entitled to make a claim, writes Martin Kerrigan, Solicitor at Berwick Solicitors.
Medical Negligence (or Clinical Negligence, as it is also called) occurs when a doctor or a medical practitioner is guilty of acting in a manner which is below the standard to be expected of such a medical person resulting in consequential injury to the patient. These negligent acts can vary from a failure to read a scan correctly to a failure to diagnose a patient and even surgical errors. …
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