Surgical Errors

Every year in Canada, surgical errors happen that could and should have been avoided. Laws in Ontario protect patients in situations such as this. The wronged patient has te right to sue the hospital, surgeon or both to get redress for the pain and suffering caused by the surgical error, and for the lost income and expenses arising from it.

Some of the mistakes made in surgeries are:

• A wrong procedure done on a patient
• Surgery on the wrong part or wrong side of the body
• Wrong level of medication
• Surgical site infection
• Leaving a foreign object in the patients body such as a sponge, or tube
• Collateral incision during surgery
• Anesthesia overdose
• Wrong technique used

A universal protocol exists in medical institutions to try to prevent these types of incidents from happening. However the monitoring and enforcement of these procedures may vary from hospital to hospital. Hospital management is responsible for the enforcement of these procedures and a lack of enforcement or neglect is a cause for legal action.

Surgical errors are never pleasant – especially seeing you or your loved one suffering pain from negligence. If you or a loved one have sustained an injury, or the loved one has died as a result of a surgical error- you may be entitled to compensation. Contact our Richmond Hill medical malpractice lawyers including an expert in Medical Malpractice, Certified by The Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Medical Malpractice (Health) Law, and Civil Litigation today for a free consultation. Speak directly with a lawyer about your case. Call us at 905-884-9242.