The misdiagnosis may involve the delayed diagnosis of a condition that later becomes fatal or causes mismanagement of the diagnostic tests, inappropriate prediction of X-rays, ECGs or other pathological screening tests. Certain circumstances that involve misdiagnosis are: Failure to refer a patient to a specialist within time. Improper consent to a patient about his or her medical conditions including the severity. Lack of proper investigation in progress of medical conditions. Some potentially misdiagnosed conditions include asthma (may be misdiagnosed as recurring bronchitis), lymph node inflammation, cancers, heart attack or stroke, etc.
In such scenario, a doctor or physician must know about the lawsuit that the patient can file about the malpractices. What are the legal consequences of misdiagnosis? Under what other circumstances the doctors can be litigated for misdiagnosis? In…
