Emotionally troubled patients require special treatment and increased attention from health care providers responsible for their care in institutional settings. When hospital staff fail to follow proper procedures, conduct regular checks or release someone prematurely, outpatient and inpatient suicide can occur as a result.
The medical malpractice lawyers at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd P.A. immediately investigate hospital records and patient charts, interviews witnesses, reviews orderly logs and collect evidence of negligence in cases of outpatient and inpatient suicide. When unstable patients are left unattended or prescribed powerful, psychotropic drugs without proper preparation or followup, psychiatrists and hospitals can be held legally liable for the deaths of their patients.
We have the medical experts and investigative resources necessary to get to the bottom of the case and discover the truth. Put our 40 years of experience to work for you — contact the psychiatric medical malpractice attorneys at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd P.A. today. Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, we represent clients throughout Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
The medical malpractice attorneys at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd P.A. represent clients involving the following kinds of negligence in outpatient and inpatient suicide cases:
Protocols and treatment procedures exist in regard to suicidal and emotionally troubled patients. Unfortunately, when someone suffering from mental illness commits suicide, family members may believe it was inevitable and little could have been done to change what happened.
In our 40 years of experience, we’ve seen how mistakes by doctors, nurses and hospital staff can exacerbate suicidal feelings and thoughts on the part of certain patients. Consulting with psychiatric malpractice experts and investigators in Fayetteville, we meticulously review every detail of a patient’s treatment and therapy to identify neglected warning signs, physician incompetence and violations of hospital procedure.
It’s natural for survivors to wonder why their loved one committed suicide. Often, family members blame themselves without realizing that a dangerous drug, hospital failure or harmful therapeutic technique caused a patient to spiral downward in the first place, leading to further problems and feelings of hopelessness.
When physician negligence is involved, we want family members to understand they are not to blame for what happened. Recovering damages and providing answers allow our clients to begin the healing process with facts instead of speculation and uncertainty.
For more information regarding our practice and what we can do for you, contact the North Carolina medical malpractice attorneys at the Law Offices of Wade E. Byrd P.A. today.