Failure to Diagnose

Failure to Diagnose a Treatable Condition

It is a physician's responsibility to consider every possibility when considering a patient's condition, to order appropriate diagnostic tests, and to interpret the evidence correctly. Consider the following situations: A woman is admitted to an emergency room with early signs of a heart attack and discharged—on the basis of her age the heart attack risk was overlooked. A man arrives at the ER with an excruciating headache and is sent home with aspirin, later to die of a massive aneurism. A woman's mammogram showed signs of early cancer, but her doctor never looks at the test results. A patient with stroke symptoms was not given medication that could have reduced the extent of damage. Each of these patients reported symptoms that should have led to a correct diagnosis, and had a condition that could have been treated. Each doctor's failure to diagnose the condition constituted medical malpractice.

If a member of your family has been injured or died as a result of a doctor's failure to diagnose a condition in a timely manner, you deserve to know what happened. If your losses were the result of medical negligence, you deserve compensation. If you would like one of our medical malpractice attorneys to provide a free case evaluation, please contact our Pittsburgh firm to arrange a consultation. Our lawyer will review your medical records and explain your legal position.

The Result Matters: As personal injury lawyers, we focus on results—verdicts and settlements. We have successfully recovered millions for our clients, compensation they have used to rebuild their lives after tragedies.

A physician's failure to note high blood pressure/hypertension that indicated a woman and her baby were in a high-risk pregnancy, chest pain that was an early sign of a heart attack, failure of a doctor to order a cancer screening colonoscopy to identify early stages of colon cancer, a simple exam to identify skin cancer—many deadly illnesses can, if treated in early stages, be cured or slowed. At Woomer & Hall, our attorneys are committed to holding medical professionals accountable for their negligence in failing to diagnose and treat those conditions in a timely manner.

Consult with a lawyer before talking with any insurance company representative: It is extremely important that you seek advice from an attorney with experience in medical malpractice cases before making a statement to hospital or insurance company representatives, or signing a settlement form. Protect your right to recover maximum compensation for your injury.

If you would like to speak with a member of Woomer & Hall, please contact our Pittsburgh law office and arrange a free consultation and case evaluation. Our lawyer will visit you in your home or hospital and provide a frank assessment of your legal position. We represent clients throughout western Pennsylvania. We charge no attorneys' fees or costs of any kind unless we recover compensation on your behalf.