Surgical errors maim too many and kill too much, say our Ohio attorneys

Elk & Elk’s Ohio injury lawyers think there’s no excuse for negligence in the ER.

Anywhere from 44,000 to 98,000 people per year in the U.S. die in hospitals from medical errors, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Even considering the lower end of the estimate, that’s more preventable deaths than can be blamed on auto accidents (about 43,500), breast cancer (about 43,000) or AIDS (about 16,500), the agency reports.

At Elk & Elk, we believe even one preventable surgical error injury or death is one too many and our Ohio medical malpractice lawyers have the experience, skills, resources and support staff to vigorously pursue and hold accountable the negligent parties responsible for providing the kind of substandard care that lead to surgical mistake injuries and deaths.

Surgical error victims may face a lifetime of medical needs and lost opportunities to earn a fair wage. As a patient, what actually occurred and why is a complex mystery. Our staff takes pride in reviewing your claim and providing an answer to you and your family as to what happened. When the injury was the fault of the provider we will aggressively seek compensation for your claim.

We place immeasurable trust in the people from whom we seek medical advice and treatment. When a trusted health care provider’s negligence causes, in some cases, more damage than he operated to fix in the first place, there’s an overwhelming sense of fear, anger, disgust and mistrust. No amount of money can repair these damages and sometimes, depending upon the seriousness of the error, no one can bring the victim of a surgical error back to life.

If you or someone close to you has been the victim of a mistake on the operating table, leaving you injured and unable to enjoy the life you once knew, you need an Ohio medical malpractice attorney who handles surgical errors with the kind of experience, resources and track record those at Elk & Elk have to offer. Our Ohio medical malpractice lawyers have more than four decades’ experience investigating surgical error cases and holding those responsible accountable for their negligent acts and getting the compensation victims are owed to get their lives back on track.

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