Medical Errors Happen More Often than You May Think
Hospitals can sometimes be the most dangerous places to be if you are sick or injured. Unfortunately, statistics show that almost every patient that goes into a hospital suffers from some type of medical error at least once during their hospitalization. While most of the times, these errors result in little or no injury and certainly not a permanent or disabling injury. Sometimes however, the error can be devastating and have life-long consequences. Many of these errors occur after surgery where someone who has an uncomplicated or an elective surgical procedure is not properly monitored in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU), or on the medical surgical floor after they have recovered from anesthesia. In many situations, we find errors in hospitals that are simple and result from communication mishaps between doctors and nurses. When these types of problems occur and someone dies or is severely injured, we need to pursue these cases to their full fruition in order to obtain the information and the results that are necessary for the victims and their families.
After practicing emergency medicine for over 10 years, Dr. Bruce G. Fagel, who is both a licensed medical doctor and a medical malpractice attorney, experienced a lot of situations over the course of 10 years that happened from the arrival of a patient in the emergency room, to being called to the floor during emergencies, consultations with other doctors, etc.
Having seen a lot of events that happened in the hospitals and emergency rooms and being on hospital committees, Dr. Fagel got a first-hand look at how hospital policies, procedures, and medical records could be utilized to hide information, rather than explain things the way they really occurred. Dr. Fagel also got a first-hand look at how doctors respond to different circumstances, how the standard of care can be breached and covered over, because of the complexity of medicine.
Dr. Fagel's unique background and experience has made him the ideal medical malpractice lawyer, as his extensive medical knowledge and hands-on experience provides him with an unparalleled advantage for protecting victims of medical malpractice, both in the courtroom and in settlement proceedings.
