Whether it is something small like removing wisdom teeth or a major procedure like a heart bypass, at some stage during your life you will be admitted to hospital and undergo some sort of surgical procedure. While in almost 99% of cases everything goes according to plan, things can go wrong and a little mishap by someone in theatre can change your life forever. Medical procedures attorneys are experts in the field or medical judicial law and are perfectly placed to assist you when a simple procedure has gone horribly wrong.

One of the most common areas medical procedures attorneys are consulted on is when the anaesthetics of an operation has caused a patient to suffer. An anaesthetist is one of the highest paid medical professionals in the South African health industry and for a good reason – they basically keep you alive while another specialist does the operation. If the anaesthetist makes a mistake, you can almost with certainty say that it will adversely affect the patient.

One such case is where a boy of 14 years old has to undergo a simple procedure to repair his nose that was badly broken during a rugby match. Unfortunately something in the mix of drugs he got for anaesthetics made him react badly and an unfortunate chain of events resulted in him suffering severe brain damage.

While this is an extreme example, it can happen and medical procedures attorneys are best placed to assist you in this unfortunate event.

Adele van der Walt Attorneys are located in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria and we have ample experience in dealing with a variety of medical judicial cases. Our expert medical procedures attorneys have litigated cases in all courts and even abroad. Contact us today if you need guidance and advice if you or a loved one has suffered because of a mistake made by a doctor.

For more information on this subject, please give us a call at 012 460 3668 (SA)
or e-mail us at linda@avdw.co.za