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Failure To Adequately Manage and Treat Infection
Have you or a loved one suffered from the consequences of a negligent hospital or its staff’s failure to adequately manage and treat an infection?
At Garling & Co, we specialise in assisting individuals across NSW in winning their Hospital Negligence Claims and securing the compensation they rightfully deserve.
We Specialise in Failure to Adequately Manage and Treat Infection Claims
Most, if not all, surgical procedures are associated with a risk of infection. Signs and symptoms of infection can appear while a patient remains an inpatient of a hospital or after a patient has been discharged home from a hospital. Infection often delays and impedes post-operative healing and recovery and may even result in failure of the surgical procedure.
If an infection is not treated quickly and effectively, it could become chronic and may require treatment over many months. Some patients require hospital admission for treatment with intravenous antibiotics and even surgical debridement of infected and necrotic tissue to facilitate healing.
The infection could also evolve into sepsis, which can cause multiple organ failure and could become life-threatening. Timely diagnosis and treatment of infection are associated with better outcomes.
If you or a loved one are living with the poor outcome of an infection and suspect that the infection could have been treated much quicker or better than it was, you could be entitled to compensation. Contact Garling and Co Lawyers today for free legal advice on your rights and discuss the avenues available for fair compensation.
Types Of Claims:
- Delayed or Misdiagnosis Compensation
- Inadequate Treatment and Care
- Medication Errors
- Failure to Monitor and Respond to Infection
- Failure to Follow Infection Control Protocols
- Surgical Site Infections
- Hospital-Acquired Infections
- Wrongful Death
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Other Medical Negligence Claims
Failure to Arrange a Timely Medical Review
If the care you received from a hospital falls below an acceptable standard, resulting in a failure to arrange a timely medical review, you may have experienced significant harm, delayed diagnosis and treatment, worsened existing conditions, or a poor health outcome.At Garling & Co Lawyers, we understand the impact of such negligence on your well-being. We are here to help you claim the compensation you deserve for your pain, suffering, and associated financial losses.
Failure to arrange transport to a different facility for necessary investigations
Have you or a loved one experienced a public hospital’s failure to arrange transport to a different facility for necessary investigations?At Garling & Co, we specialise in assisting individuals across NSW in winning their Hospital Negligence Claims and securing the compensation they rightfully deserve.
Failure To Communicate Abnormal Results After Discharge
Have you or a loved one experienced the harmful consequences of a negligent hospital or its staff’s failure to communicate abnormal test results after discharge?At Garling & Co, we understand the impact such negligence can have on your health and well-being. Our dedicated team specialises in assisting individuals across NSW in pursuing their Hospital Negligence Claims and securing the rightful compensation they deserve.
Failure To Diagnose Prior To Hospital Discharge
Have you experienced the distressing situation of being discharged from a hospital without receiving a proper diagnosis for your condition? This failure to diagnose can have severe consequences, including prolonged suffering, delayed treatment, and potential complications.At Garling & Co Lawyers, we specialise in assisting people in NSW seek justice and obtain the compensation they deserve for the harm caused by the failure to diagnose prior to hospital discharge.
Failure to Admit for Observation and Investigation
If you or a loved one experienced injury, a poor outcome, or worsening of an existing condition or illness due to a failure by hospital staff to admit you for observation and/or investigation, you may be entitled to claim compensation for your pain, suffering, and associated financial losses.At Garling & Co Lawyers, our experienced Hospital Negligence Lawyers are here to help you take action and secure the justice you deserve.
Failure To Prevent Infection
Have you or a loved one suffered from the consequences of a negligent hospital or its staff’s failure to prevent infections?At Garling & Co, we specialise in assisting individuals across NSW in winning their Hospital Negligence Claims and securing the compensation they rightfully deserve.
Failure to Transfer Care to an Appropriate Medical Facility
Have you or a loved one experienced an injury or illness due to a negligent hospital or its staff’s failure to transfer care to an appropriate medical facility? This failure to ensure proper transfer of care can have serious consequences, including delayed treatment, inadequate medical attention, and potential harm to your health.At Garling & Co, we specialise in assisting people across NSW in winning their Hospital Negligence Claims and securing the compensation they deserve.
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Failure To Adequately Manage and Treat Infection Frequently Asked Questions
If you succeed in proving negligence, you would be entitled to compensation. Compensation may include pain and suffering, the cost of personal care and domestic assistance, medical and allied health treatment costs, and any lost earnings. The value of your claim would depend on the nature, extent and severity of your injuries and any losses you may have suffered.
Staphylococcus Aureus infection is a common type of infection that is experienced by patients. This is also known as ‘golden staph’. Infection can develop following surgical procedures or secondary to trauma. For example, deep lacerations could become infected if they are not appropriately treated. Another example is the infection of foot ulcers in diabetic patients.
Yes, a hospital could still be liable for injuries sustained due to a failure by a hospital to prevent or adequately treat an infection whilst the patient was under the care of that hospital, even if the infection was diagnosed after the patient’s discharged. An example of this scenario is a person who presents to a hospital with a deep laceration and the laceration is not appropriately managed as to prevent infection and the patient is discharged from the hospital and returns to the hospital with an infection days after discharge. Another example is a patient who presents to a hospital with symptoms suggestive of an infection, but the infection is not diagnosed at that time and the patient is discharge. The patient then returns to the hospital with obvious signs and symptoms of a severe infection. Infections that develop after diagnostic procedures or surgical procedures are some other examples of patients having undiagnosed infections at the time that they are discharged from a hospital and those infections could be diagnosed after discharge.
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