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Failure to Diagnose
A Chicago medical malpractice attorney will inform you that failure to diagnose a condition can be considered medical malpractice depending on the circumstances of the patient's medical condition. Medical malpractice in Chicago can be failing to recognize symptoms of certain conditions, or failing to perform standard testing to screen for certain conditions, a failure to diagnose serious health conditions will allow the patient's health to continue to deteriorate. Often times, medical malpractice such as the failure to diagnose will allow the patient to suffer irreversible health effects. Especially patients that have high risk factors to develop certain conditions, doctors have a duty to provide adequate care and treatment to patients and the failure to diagnose a certain medical condition may have been due to negligence.
As an attorney of medical malpractice will tell you, a common failure to diagnose claim is cancer. Due to time sensitivity of the disease, the failure to diagnose cancer can result in death, in addition to extremely costly medical bills and pain and suffering. Failure to diagnose heart conditions and fractures are other common forms of failure to diagnose.
Diagnosis is the most important step in treatment. Unfortunately, the failure to diagnose a condition, such as cancer or heart conditions occur too frequently. When the problem is finally determined, it may be too late for proper intervention. The failure to diagnose is a serious form of medical negligence.
Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney has successfully litigated many cases involving failure to diagnose. If you need a Chicago medical malpractice attorney please call his office today to schedule an initial consultation.
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