A Medical Negligence Attorney Can Help You Pick Up The Pieces
The American Association for Justice, a group representing medical negligence attorneys, has created a website, www.98000reasons.org, and accompanying web videos to spread the message that medical negligence is a real concern to ordinary citizens. Further, the group asserts, health care reform should not deny the right of those who suffer injury as a result of it the opportunity to seek redress from negligent health care providers.
The name of the website, 98,000 Reasons, refers to the number of patients who die because of medical negligence annually in the United States. That, according to the group, is the equivalent to two 737 airliners crashing every day. Given the large number of victims, it would be unfair to limit the right to bring medical malpractice cases as a part of health care reform.
The group further illustrates their point by presenting a number of case histories of those who have been injured by physician malpractice. One such case, for example, was that of Leslie Ray of New Milford, Connecticut, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August of 2006. While receiving radiation treatment, she complained of a tingling sensation in her right arm. The radiation caused permanent nerve damage in her right arm and she has lost all use of it. Debilitating injuries such as this, the group claims, must remain subject to redress via the court system.
While undergoing radiation treatment, she noticed tingling in her right arm. Leslie’s doctor ignored her repeated protests. By the end of all her treatments, Leslie suffered permanent injuries to her brachial plexus nerve. Leslie lost all use of her right arm, and now must train herself to be left-handed.
