Medical Negligence

Medical negligence usually occurs when there has been a mistake in the process of giving a person medical care which leads to further injury or even loss of life.

Some examples of medical negligence may include:

• Failing to diagnose or a misdiagnosis of a disease or medical condition.
• Mistakes made during a procedure or operation.
• Prescribing the wrong medication.
• Failing to obtain consent to treatment.
• Unreasonable delay in treating a diagnosed medical condition or referring a case to a specialist.
• Failing to warn about the risks of a particular treatment.
• Neglect and injuries that occur during childbirth.

Most cases taken in Ireland involve doctors and surgeons, but similar duties of reasonable care are applied to other areas of medicine such as Dentists, Midwives, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Chiropractors and Osteopaths.

Negligence can also arise out of system errors in the hospital where the treatment took place.

A negligence case must commence within two years of when the negligence occurred, there are a few exceptions but only very few.  The two year limit does not come into effect for children until their eighteenth birthday. The time limit does not apply in the case of individuals’ suffering certain types of disability.

If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors in Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

Cerebral Palsy occurs because the motor areas in the brain are damaged or do not develop correctly. In most cases it arises for natural reasons but sometimes it can be due to medical negligence. For example, a doctor may not order relevant tests during pregnancy to identify causal factors, they may not interpret the results of tests properly, may fail to identify a unborn child in distress from various scans, they may unnecessarily delay a Caesarean Section which would relieve the distress and the paediatrician may be absent during the baby's birth, when medical problems should have been foreseen.  If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors in Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

The surgical procedure would normally be carried out under a local anaesthetic and then the baby would be delivered through vacuum extraction methods.

There are some intrinsic risks associated with a symphysiotomy, such as urethral and bladder injury, infection, long term difficulty in walking and pain. While some of these procedures can be viewed as necessary to save the life of the child or mother, there are many cases today that offer no justification in any circumstances for the performance of a Symphysiotomy.   If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors in ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

The Episiotomy is sutured after the birthing process is completed. In most cases the procedure goes very well and full recovery can be quite fast. However, in some cases the procedure can lead to excessive bruising, the tear spreading to the anus, pain during sexual intercourse, ongoing pain and incontinence. Unfortunately, in some cases, this suffering may be due to an unnecessary Episiotomy or negligence in the surgery and post surgical care.   If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors in Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

An epidural headache can also be known as post dural puncture headache, cerebral spinal fluid leak, low pressure headache or spinal headache. Due to the nature of the injury the full effect of the headache can be triggered by things as simple as when you stand or sit up or even raise your head slightly. After a procedure involving an epidural some people will experience some mild post operative discomfort. For many it will disappear over a short period of time. For others it may become more pronounced. An epidural headache may be caused by the negligence of the anaesthetist who fails to observe spinal fluid leak and take the appropriate action in time.   If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors in Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

However if the coil is not inserted correctly it can lead to it becoming embedded in the uterus. In some cases the only option is to have surgery to remove the contraceptive device which usually includes a full or partial removal of the Uterus. The coil may be expelled if not correctly inserted which can lead to some pain and other consequences.   If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors In Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

The perforation may be caused by a naturally forming obstruction, as a result of a crush injury or due to a mistake during surgery. Medical practitioners could be considered negligent if they fail to correctly diagnose the symptoms, delay treatment unnecessarily, if they perforate the bowel during surgery and fail to rectify their mistake  If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors In Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.

It can expand as pressure around the location increases and if not treated can lead to death if it ruptures. You may have the right to take a medical negligence case if you can show that the practitioner or hospital failed to diagnose and treat the aneurysm in a timely manner.   If you feel that you have a potential case please fill out the form provided and a Medical Negligence expert from the Solicitors In Ireland panel will contact you to discuss the matter further.