Medical Misdiagnosis Injuries
Serving Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and surrounding areas
A leading factor in medical malpractice lawsuits is misdiagnosing – or failure to diagnose at all – a major debilitating or fatal illness. Doctors and other medical professionals are human and they make mistakes. In many cases, however, a mistake that jeopardizes your health or delays critical treatment is a result of a doctor's inattention to detail, a dismissal of your reported symptoms, or a failure to consider important possibilities and could have been avoided.
In this case, compensation is not about the money, but about making sure that you and those you love are taken care of during this time of crisis. Finding a qualified medical malpractice attorney is the best way to ensure adequate compensation for a personal injury caused by the wrong diagnosis.
Despite all the news and anecdotal evidence for failure to diagnose particular diseases, many continue to go unnoticed by doctors. Diseases that can be found easily with a few simple tests are the most egregious examples of medical malpractice. If you are fortunate, you could still be diagnosed and treated right away, but in some cases, the failure to diagnose in time could cause permanent disability or result in premature death.
Frequently misdiagnosed conditions
- Breast cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Stroke
- Heart attack
- Diabetes
- Appendicitis
- Meningitis
- Prostate cancer
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that from 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die in hospitals every year from preventable medical errors. Other, more recent estimates, range up to 120,000 deaths per year as a result of errors. Many of those errors can be attributed to a misdiagnosis. Even though 42 percent of injured people indicate they feel they were misdiagnosed, only about one in 7.6 medical errors result in a medical malpractice claim.
Surgical Errors
Surgical errors are often preventable and typically result form medical negligence or miscommunication between doctors and nurses. Any number of errors can occur during a surgical procedure. Such errors may involve anesthesia, incorrect incisions, equipment that is not sterile, damage to nearby organs, nerve damage, operating on the wrong body part or leaving surgical instruments in the surgical site.
If you, or someone you love, are a victim of a surgical error, were denied timely medical treatment because of a failure to diagnose a disease, or given the wrong diagnosis altogether, please contact the Oklahoma City office of Stipe Injury Law. We will examine your case and work hard to get you the compensation you deserve by filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against the responsible parties. Because we work on a contingency basis, you do not pay us until you are awarded damages, or settle your case.
Although medical professionals are required by law to exercise the utmost care, skill and diligence when treating their patients, it is estimated that over 90,000 people every year are either injured or killed due to physician or nurse error. 
When workers are injured, employers and their workers compensation insurance carrier are responsible for providing those employees with the medical care they need as quickly as possible. 
If you are disabled, and can no longer work, the federal government offers disability payments to individuals who qualify under the Social Security Disability Insurance plan. 
