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When a loved one is harmed by a healthcare provider you have put your faith and trust in, powerful feelings of betrayal and pain are understandable and reasonable. Medical malpractice is one of the leading killers of Americans every year. Medical malpractice or medical negligence is the failure of a healthcare provider to deliver an accepted standard of care.

The kinds of medical malpractice errors committed by negligent healthcare providers may include medication errors, surgical mishaps such as retained foreign bodies after surgery, failure to monitor a patient after surgery, anesthesia errors, mistakes in interpreting x-ray results or other diagnostic tests, failure to diagnose, obstetrical and kidney dialysis errors or any other instances when a healthcare provider violates good medical care practices causing serious injury or death.

Healthcare providers who inflict harm on their patients are legally responsible to financially compensate them for their pain and suffering. Though it is difficult to put a monetary value on pain and suffering, and to calculate the funds needed for medical bills, medications and the loss of current and future income due to injuries suffered as a result of medical malpractice, an experienced medical malpractice attorney is trained to investigate and evaluate the details of your case and make a fair and just calculation.

Please contact the Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia office of The Cochran Firm today if you or someone you care about has been a victim of medical malpractice.

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