According to a report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, medication errors injure or kill 1.5 million people each year. The extra medical costs caused by these errors is estimated conservatively at $3.5 billion per year.
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11623
Of course, the extra medical costs are just the tip of the iceberg. Injured patients suffer pain, disability, and sometimes death. Their families lose a parent, a sibling, a child. If the injured patient is a breadwinner for the family, the family experiences additional and unnecessary economic stress.
If you have suffered a severe injury or a family member has died as a result of a medication error caused by a physician, nurse or other healthcare provider, contact us at 866-699-9758 or visit us at http://www.hillhardman.com/Medical-Malpractice/Medication-Errors.shtml.
We can help and we'll take your injury personally.
No comments:
Post a Comment