Kansas Brain Injury Lawyers

There are many causes of brain injury, including trauma, heart attack, stroke, auto accidents, toxic exposure and many others. But when a brain injury is caused by a negligent physician, it is a whole separate matter. It is your physician's responsibility to keep you, as a patient, safe.

Medical malpractice regarding brain injury can happen in two different ways. One is that you are an existing victim of brain injury and your physician fails to diagnose and/or treat you properly. The physician may not be qualified or trained in diagnosing a brain injury. If they misdiagnose you, you will inevitably receive the wrong treatments which will jeopardize your health and your life.

The second type of medical malpractice that can occur is when a physician's negligence causes your brain injury. This can happen in a variety of ways:

• Administering the wrong dosage or combination of drugs
• Administering drugs that you are allergic to
• Failing to consider brain injury in diagnosis and ignoring the warning signs
• Surgery procedures done incorrectly
• Failing to deliver a baby that is stuck in the birth canal

Causes of medical negligence can be:

• Failure to recognize warning signs of a possible brain injury
• Inexperience in diagnosing or treating certain illnesses
• Understaffed hospitals
• Unpreparedness to treat an illness
• Unpreparedness to deliver an urgent birth
• Inability to carry out the proper actions to keep a patient safe

Whatever the reason may be, there is no excuse for any negligence on a physician's part. As a patient in need, you put your trust in the physician's care to treat you quickly and correctly.

If you or your loved one has suffered a brain injury due to your physician's negligence, please contact one of the skilled Kansas brain injury attorneys at Prochaska, Giroux & Howell, for your free consultation. We are experienced in handling brain injury medical malpractice cases and can help you seek the justice you deserve. By holding your wrongdoer responsible, you help save the lives of others.