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My father has end stage COPD. After his most recent hospital stay,the doctor put him in a care facility. This was supposed to be for extended care and physical therapy. While at this facility he went in to respiratory distress and needed immediate medical attention. The elderly and very sick patient in the other bed, in the shared room, had to get himself into a wheelchair in and go out into the hallway to find help for my dad as he was too weak to yell for help and there are no other means to alert the medical staff! He then had to be taken back to the hospital by ambulance.
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It sounds like your father received care that was below accepted standards, but I do not think on those facts alone you have a viable malpractice case.
Medical malpractice cases are very costly and time consuming for lawyers to pursue, and in most circumstances attorneys will not take them on unless a patient suffered a significant permanent injury that causes substantial disability as a result of the medical mistake.
Below are some articles you may find helpful. They are written for a New Jersey audience (where I practice) but the ideas discussed in these articles usually apply in most other jurisdictions as well.
Click here for an article that discusses the three main questions I ask when deciding whether to investigate a potential medical malpractice case. This addresses the issue of financial viable, which is the problem that you are going to have to overcome.
Click here for an article that explains what you can expect when filing a medical malpractice case.
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Answered on Oct 14th, 2012 at 3:31 PM