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A medical negligence lawyer will be required for full compensation in the event that a patient suffers injury or illness after the administering of an incorrect injection.
Giving a patient the wrong injection is one of the starkest possible examples of clinical error – this is why it is termed a "never ever event", namely one that should never be allowed to happen and as such is punishable with both professional sanction and payments of injury compensation.
Injection-related negligence can occur in many ways. However, errors can be grouped into two broad categories.
Incorrect drug
Unfortunately, every year in the UK there are cases of patients being injected with drugs inappropriate to their conditions, sometimes with tragic and fatal consequences.
This may occur as a result of doctors making a misdiagnosis or ordering an unsuitable treatment, however, it may also occur as a result of sheer carelessness. For example, in 2011 a London NHS hospital paid out compensation to the family of a girl who suffered brain damage as a result of having a type of medical glue injected into her brain – doctors had actually meant to inject a dye that is used to highlight bloodflow.
Incorrect site of injection
Sometimes doctors or medical practitioners make the potentially catastrophic mistake of injecting the patient in the wrong area.
For example, in 2008 a medical negligence lawyer helped a 17-year-old boy secure compensation for the nerve damage he received after a GP negligently administered a pain relieving injection directly into a major nerve. It caused the boy to develop a condition known as "drop foot", which limited his mobility and reduced his future career prospects.
Furthermore, over the past decade there have been numerous cases of cancer patients incorrectly receiving chemotherapy injections in their spines, frequently with fatal results.
Specialist medical negligence lawyers
If you have suffered injury, illness or a worsening of your condition because of substandard or negligent medical care, you may be entitled to receive compensation.
Regardless of whether your medical care was in a private or NHS setting, our specialist medical negligence lawyer team can help you secure the full compensation you deserve.
We work under the governance of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and our lawyers are members of the Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme.
If you would like more information about proceeding with a claim, call a legal advisor today, 0800 10 757 95.
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