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 have been a victim of a medical negligence caused in a Social Security center, the first thing you should do is request your medical history and gather all the reports you have, in order to begin the study and assessment of your case. After that, we will consult with collaborating specialist experts, so that we can offer you an approximate assessment of the compensation that we will claim for the damages caused.
A healthcare professional is considered to act negligently when he or she does not act in accordance with the provisions of the law. 'Lex Artis', that is, according to the set of practices that a doctor must carry out to save the life of a patient at a given time and with certain means. If it is demonstrated that this code has not been followed, it may be concluded that the healthcare provider has committed medical negligence.
When the negligence has been committed in a public hospital, the claim to be initiated will be through administrative litigation, or, where appropriate, through criminal proceedings (in more serious cases such as homicides or deaths due to a medical error, such responsibility being required of 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.
