Medical Negligence Lawyers & Medical Malpractice

• A delay in either referring a patient for treatment for a condition or a failure to treat the patient for the condition.
• Errors in surgical procedures that have damaged a patient’s major organs
• Complications that may arise after treatment or surgery
• Failure to accurately diagnose a patient’s condition or illness or diagnose it in a timely manner

PK Simpson lawyers acted for a woman (name withheld for privacy reasons) who sought mental health care from a Sydney psychiatrist who proceeded to sexualise her therapy.
She claimed her psychiatrist told her she would fall in love with him and that he continually talked about sex, asking her about the frequency of her sexual activity and her orgasms. On one occasion, he moved to her chair and caressed her breasts, saying it would calm her. Then he suggested they meet in a cafe for coffee.
By this time, the woman was deeply in transference and had no power to refuse. It wasn’t until the psychiatrist took her to a hotel room and had sex with her, and she told her husband about it afterwards, that her civil claim commenced.
The psychiatrist’s insurers denied liability but settled out of court. The woman also referred the matter to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, and the psychiatrist was struck off the medical register.

While medical negligence may include a variety of instances of misconduct, malpractice occurs when medical or health professionals fall short of their obligations in the extreme, harming or injuring patients.

When a medical professional fails to provide an accepted standard of care, causing harm, this kind of medical negligence may be referred to as medical malpractice.

The healthcare industry is made up of powerful professionals who have expert lawyers to defend them should medical negligence or medical malpractice claim arise and threaten their finances and careers. Hospitals and healthcare professionals will close ranks and fight tooth and nail to protect their own.

So, if you have been injured by a doctor, nurse, dentist, psychiatrist or another medical professional, you need lawyers like ours at PK Simpson who know the ropes and can go up against the most powerful medico-legal professionals.