Gynaecology Medical Negligence
Gynaecology refers to the surgical speciality, which deals with the health of the female reproductive system, collectively the uterus, vagina and ovaries. As well as dealing with all aspects of female health modern gynaecologists are also obstetricians, which is the surgical specialty surrounding the care of a woman and her child during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). Gynaecology is a very delicate aspect of health that we expect to do dealt with professionally and confidentially but worryingly gynaecology is one of the main fields of medical negligence and almost half of the medical negligence claims that are made are as a result of gynaecological mistakes. An example of how Gynaecology can cause medical negligence is through affects of contraception, such as failing to prevent pregnancy, thrombosis due to oral contraception, side effects of injectable hormone contraceptives and perforation of the uterus following the introduction of intra-uterine contraceptive devices including the coil. Gynaecology covers a wide range of aspects and as a result the complications that can occur are high. As well as complications affecting contraception; medical negligence surrounding gynaecology can also cause complications when it comes to abortion. These complications can include failure and sometimes wrongful birth as well as causing perforation of the uterus and damage to your organs. It can also result in loss of future childbearing capacity due to infection or the need to have a hysterectomy. As well as this, Gynaecology surgery can often cause you more problems if a duty of care is breeched. There are numerous complications that can arise such as a failure to detect an internal haemorrhage. Injury to your bowel, bladder or uterus as well as a failure to remove swabs and inadvertent sterilisation by the introduction of infection. Medical negligence shouldn't happen across any field of medicine but sadly thousands of mistakes occur each year, including mistakes surrounding the treatment of Gynaecological problems. If you have suffered in the last three years due to aspects surrounding the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of Gynaecological medicine then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation. Here at Accident Consult we have helped thousands of people to claim the compensation that they are entitled to after suffering a form of medical negligence. If you are unsure where you stand legally or if you want to find out more about making a medical negligence claim for compensation then contact Accident Consult today on 08081 68 69 70 and speak to one of our highly trained specialists.
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