Injuries resulting from medical malpractice and hospital errors have been a risk to patients since the beginning of the practice of medicine. In fact, President James Garfield died in 1881, not as a result of an assassins bullet, but from an infection because his treating physicians did not believe there were such things as microscopic germs requiring treatment with antiseptic. There are a high number of people injured by medical malpractice and hospital errors in Philadelphia because of the high volume of patients in Philadelphia Hospitals. Medical malpractice lawyers in Philadelphia file medical malpractice lawsuits for patients who suffer injuries, including:

• • Birth Injuries
  • Failure to Diagnose
  • Medication Errors
  • Operating Room Fires
  • Surgical Errors
  • Emergency Room Errors
  • Pharmacy Errors
  • Strokes
  • Heart Attacks
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Erb’s Palsy
  • Anesthesia Injuries
  • Paraplegia
  • Hospital Infections

If you are a victim of medical malpractice, you may require compensation to pay for lifelong medical treatment for your injuries. For example if your child suffers a birth injury, he or she may need compensation to ensure that he is cared for after you are going. Other victims of medical malpractice may need compensation because they can no longer work to support their families.