"There are proven links between exhaustion and liability. Calmer, well rested doctors are more careful and therefore get sued less," said David Perecman, a New York medical malpractice attorney with a law firm in Manhattan.
According to Dr. Charles Czeisler, a Harvard Medical School sleep expert, one out of five interns admits to injuring a patient due to a fatigue-related mistake. One out of twenty interns admit to making a fatigue-related mistake that has resulted in a patient's death."
By any standards, including those in New York, medical malpractice lawsuits are a common result of incidents like these.
"Medicine is extremely unforgiving of slips that appear minor. A faulty medical diagnosis, a wrong decimal point, a reversed number, incorrect labeling of right and left, or a forgotten drug interaction, and the results can be catastrophic," said New York medical malpractice attorney Perecman.
And to correct these mistakes, doctors don't need fancy expensive medical equipment. All they need is rest.
About David Perecman and The Perecman Firm, PLLC:
For the past 30 years, the New York medical malpractice attorneys, auto accident, construction accident, and personal injury attorneys at The Perecman Firm, PLLC have championed all types of cases for medical malpractice injuries. David Perecman, founder of the Firm, is a Board Director and the past Secretary and Treasurer of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and a chair of its Labor Law Committee. Mr. Perecman's achievements have brought him recognit
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