According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at least 100,000 people die each year from medical mistakes made by doctors. Our Memphis medical malpractice lawyers list seven medical mistakes commonly made by Tennessee physicians that could potentially put your life at risk. Failure to take patient history: Before prescribing a treatment plan,…

A recent study has estimated that U.S. doctors make more than 4,000 surgical errors each year. More than half of these errors involve an object that is left in the body. Most of the time, these objects are sponges. Indeed, sponges are left in the body often enough that the injuries resulting from this type…

One of the most common reasons that people go to the emergency room is due to abdominal or stomach pain. Most of the time it is not life threatening, but when abdominal pain is caused by an appendicitis it must be treated quickly in order to avoid serious injury or death. An appendicitis is one…

It is human nature for us to trust our doctors. When your doctor tells you that there is nothing to worry about, rarely does anyone seek a second opinion. Rather, we are relieved to hear the doctor’s positive report and we want to believe that things are fine. So when a doctor misses a cancer…

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Anesthesia is a necessary part of the surgical process and, like any other medical procedure, can result in Tennessee medical malpractice which harms patients. Therefore anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists have one of the most important jobs during an operation. For most people, the thought of going through surgery without anesthesia is not an option. Due…