Failing to Recommend the Right Treatment for Disease
Once a doctor has successfully diagnosed a patient's disease, the next step is to recommend the proper course of treatment to help the patient recover. For every disease, there are professional guidelines delineating acceptable forms of treatment. If the doctor fails to prescribe the right therapy, the disease will continue to progress.
If you or a loved one suffered serious harm because a diagnosed disease was left untreated or was improperly treated, your doctor may be guilty of medical negligence or medical malpractice. By failing to follow the "rules of the road" for their profession, negligent doctors put our whole society at risk.
Our law firm helps injured patients recover the compensation they need after a doctor's negligence causes a serious personal injury or wrongful death. For a free consultation, call our Omaha, Nebraska, office at 402-492-9800 or contact us online.
Attorney Steven M. Watson has represented personal injury plaintiffs for almost 30 years. He has experience handling the complex litigation that occurs when medicine and the law intersect. Our firm has handled many cases in which doctors failed to recommend the appropriate corrective intervention for a diagnosed disease. For example, some doctors:
- Fail to send a heart attack patient to a Cardiologist.
- Fail to refer cancer patients to an Oncologist.
- Fail to send critically ill or injured patients to the emergency room.
- Fail to administer clot dissolving medicine (such as t-PA) or antiplatelet medicine to patients who are or may be suffering a stroke.
- Fail to order a C-section birth when the mother's or fetus' life may be in danger.
- Fail to ensure that prescribed drugs won't dangerously interact with medication the patient is already taking.
After a doctor recommends the correct treatment or prescription, it is necessary to correctly perform the therapy, to ensure the patient receives the right medication, and to ensure that the medication is properly administered.
If you or a loved one suffered injuries as the result of medical negligence or inappropriate therapy or treatment, call our office today at 402-492-9800 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with lawyer Steven M. Watson.
