What’s the Difference Between Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis?
Medical malpractice, which can involve birth injuries, prescription errors, and surgical mistakes, happen all too often in Mississippi and throughout the rest of our country, forcing patients to endure unnecessary pain, leaving them with irreversible health setbacks, and causing their deaths. Included in that list of medical negligence that harms Mississippians are misdiagnoses and delayed diagnoses. These are also quite common errors doctors make in our state, causing their patients to suffer beyond measure.
When prospective clients reach out to our Biloxi law firm to discuss the health impasses they’ve been through, diagnostic-oriented ones tend to fall into one of two categories. Continue reading to learn more about what’s the difference between a misdiagnosis and a delayed diagnosis—the categories into which these experiences often fall.