How Hospitals can be Negligent
There exists an expectation that, by visiting a hospital, you will leave better off than when you came in. In fact, most patients realize that they may leave feeling just as they did when they first arrived at the hospital. Patients do not expect to leave the hospital feeling worse than they arrived.
Hospital negligence is, sadly, quite pervasive across the United States. Studies by prominent institutions such as John Hopkins estimate that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medical malpractice is believed to cause an estimated quarter of a million preventable deaths each year.
Patients rely on a certain standard of care whenever they visit hospitals. Still, patients are injured at hospitals. These injuries are most likely the result of negligence. Negligence occurs whenever the hospital deviates from the basic standard of care it is expected to provide patients. Hospitals can be negligent for in various different
