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Thousands of people are affected by medical malpractice every year in the state of Alabama. Many of these victims end up injured or dead because of someone else’s negligence. Doctors and nurses are professionals who have taken an oath to serve their patients to the best of their abilities. However, they are human too and just like the rest of us, they are prone to errors.
Errors they should not have made.
Unfortunately, these errors can cost other people their lives and there are medical malpractice legal counselors who handle such cases every year who can be found on USAttorneys.com which is a website that is as about as meaningful as they come. Santa Clause brings people presents; this website brings people hope.
Medical malpractice could be medical mistakes such as misdiagnosis, administering the wrong medication, administering the wrong dose of medication, etc. Sometimes surgeries are taken up when not necessary and sometimes doctors botch up perfectly routine surgeries, all of this will of course be considered as medical malpractice.
There is something known as “standard of care” in every state of the country. For the most part, the standard of care is based on what a reasonably good and rational healthcare professional would do in a given situation.
Now if and when it is found that the actions of a healthcare professional such as a doctor, nurse or hospital was not up to par as defined in the standard of care, then it can be deemed that the healthcare professional in question is guilty of medical malpractice or professional negligence.
As per the Alabama medical malpractice law, medical malpractice is said to have occurred when a patient is injured or died as a result of actions/inactions of a health care provider and it is found that failure to exercise the acceptable standard of care, skill, and expertise which a medical professional of the same caliber and medical qualification would exercise under the same sort of circumstances.
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