Failure to Diagnose & Diagnostic Errors

Failure to diagnose a person's medical problem can often cause one to suffer physical and sometimes permanent life altering injuries. Diagnostic errors can occur in many situations, including:

• When an x-ray is not read properly and a problem is missed and left untreated
• When a mammogram is not read properly and a cancerous breast mass goes untreated
• When a pathology slide is not read properly and as a result cancer goes undetected and untreated
• Failure to diagnose a patient's symptoms of a heart attack in an emergency room or doctor’s office, allowing a heart attack to go untreated for too long

A failure to diagnose or other diagnostic errors clearly can alter a person's life and even survival. If you are concerned that a diagnostic error may have occurred, you should consult a medical malpractice attorney immediately to investigate the matter, as there are strict time limitations for pursuing these types of cases.

Registered nurse attorney Angela Vagotis is experienced in failure to diagnose cases for patients in Akron & Canton, Ohio. For help with your failure to diagnose case, contact Angela at 330-456-4122 or fill out this form.