It is estimated that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths each year. When these errors are found to be preventable or due to the negligence of a healthcare professional, it may be considered medical malpractice. It is imperative to contact an experienced Lawyer if this has occurred to you or a family member. Contact: Ganim Injury Lawyers Phone: (203)445-6542 or(877)828-4279, Email: george@ganiminjurylawyers.com, Website: www.ganiminjurylawyers.com

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Reasons that led to increase
in medical malpractice

2. • Medical malpractice is the third largest cause of death after
heart diseases and cancer in USA.
• Over the years, medical malpractice has increased in many
parts of the world.

3. Some of the common reasons that brought
forward increase in medical malpractice cases
are:

4. 1. Misdiagnosis
• Any kind of delay or negligence in treatment is considered
to be medical malpractice, which may even lead a person
to gradual death.
• Sometimes, unnecessary treatment or medical error also
results to an increase in medical malpractice case
numbers.
• About 90, 000 people die annually due to medical errors.

5. 2. Elder Abuse and Misconduct
• Elderly patients are neglected of proper treatment or
treated poorly. This is also considered as a medical
malpractice.
• There were about 9,103 complaints received during 2008-
2009 the respective year for medical malpractice in
context to misconduct.
• A 24% increase than the complain reports before five
years.

6. 3. Pharmaceutical Errors
• Pharmaceutical errors comprise approximately one-fourth
of all medical malpractice cases.
• About 840,000 medication errors were recorded in
hospitals across US between the years 1999 and 2005.
• Use of wrong medicines, drug name mix ups, prescription
of harmful medicines, etc. are the major kind of
pharmaceutical errors.

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