From our office, we put at your disposal a team of professionals specialized in medical negligence, who will offer you close treatment and will inform you at every moment of the procedure of what is necessary so that you can enjoy a certain peace of mind and legal security, of great importance in this type of situation, in which it not only involves a financial outlay in order to treat any damage or injuries that may have been caused, but also an emotional wear and tear that sometimes occurs when our health suffers due to a medical error.
If you or a family member has been the victim of medical negligence at a public healthcare facility , the first thing you should do is request your medical records and gather all available reports so we can begin the review and assessment of your case. Following this, we will consult with expert collaborators to provide you with an approximate estimate of the compensation we will claim for the damages suffered.
A healthcare professional is considered to have acted negligently when they fail to adhere to the established 'Lex Artis ,' that is, the set of practices a physician must follow to save a patient's life at a given time and with specific resources. If it is proven that they have not followed this code, it can be concluded that the healthcare professional has committed medical negligence.
When negligence has occurred in a public hospital, the claim to be initiated will be through administrative litigation , or, if necessary, through criminal proceedings (in more serious cases such as homicides or deaths due to medical error, with said responsibility being demanded from the doctor in question).
Through this administrative procedure, which is the one commonly used in most cases, we will claim compensation from the Administration responsible for the medical negligence for damages caused by the poor functioning of the administration or by the bad actions of someone. of their healthcare professionals.
It must be taken into account that we have a maximum period to start it of one year from the occurrence of the medical error, from the death of the patient or in the event that, due to this medical negligence, an injury or illness is caused or aggravated. This period would begin to count from the date on which the patient is stabilized from this injury or illness.
Furthermore, we will advise you based on the facts and the documentation that we have on the maximum compensation to be obtained, since it will be necessary to address not only the physical damage, but also the personal damage that has been caused as a result of the medical error, where We find permanent injuries such as the consequences that the victim will suffer for the rest of his life, the possible inability that the victim has suffered to be able to heal or stabilize the injuries, the moral damage caused; and on the other hand, the material damages that may exist from the negligence committed, due to the expenses that said negligence will entail for the victim in terms of future interventions, treatments, rehabilitation... We will also assess the loss of profits, in terms of loss of economic and work capacity of the victim, since in many cases he will be prevented from working for life.