Law Offices of Gregory A. Montegna

With over 35 years of experience handling personal injury cases, Law Offices of Gregory A. Montegna practice can protect you and seek the compensation you warrant. Our firm will start your case and develop the strongest possible argument for you. Our attorneys will aggressively represent you, and our excellent client support will update you regularly. Patient safety is the primary concern for surgical malpractice. A medical malpractice claim may arise when a doctor leaves a patient injured due to negligence or recklessness. Research has revealed that more than 4,000 patients are hospitalized in the United States each year with foreign objects. In the United States, this happens approximately 5,000-6,000 times annually. A patient's health can be seriously harmed if surgical instruments are left in their body. Severe risk can be attributed to such a fatal blunder. This occurrence could have been prevented if appropriate and efficient safety precautions had been put in place. There are multiple reasons an object can be left in a patient. At a single time, several surgeries might be happening. While the surgeon performs surgery, other technicians are present for assisting. Nursing teams or surgical technicians from the hospital record the number of surgical apparatuses or sponges used during a single surgery. The data may be incorrect, or the number of surgical items may change. Errors may have occurred during surgery. For example, the patient may have a high body mass, or more than one surgical team or procedure may have been employed to mitigate blood loss. Errors might have occurred at any time due to confusion no matter who was responsible, even if the process went as planned at each stage.