Devastating diseases such as cancer, meningitis, and others wreak havoc on their victims and their families. Losing one's health, and possibly one's life, to such diseases is already difficult. The pain can become even greater when it is discovered that the reason the disease was allowed to take control was the misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose the disease in time to treat it successfully.
Archuleta, Alsaffar & Higginbotham focuses much of its practice on Military and VA Veterans Administration misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose cases. Contact Archuleta, Alsaffar & Higginbotham to discuss a failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis case affecting you, your family, or a loved one.
Cases of misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose may happen in many ways. One of the most common causes: when the patient is seen by several different health care providers and there is a lack of communication between those providers. Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose can also occur because of a failure to perform the correct tests or when testing is misread or not reported properly.
In a typical case of failure to diagnose or misdiagnosis, the patient may have consulted health care providers several times. The patient may have undergone tests and even received treatment for the wrong diagnosis. Sometimes the patient's complaints were not taken seriously. The patient then learns that the correct and often terrible diagnosis was never even considered, or was considered and not ruled out properly. Sometimes, the correct diagnosis is learned on the first visit to a non-military or non-VA health care provider.
Victims of misdiagnosis or failure often deserve compensation for their injuries as a result of the misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose. Contact us today for a free consultation. We have successfully handled numerous misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose cases. Our VA malpractice attorneys are ready to serve you.
