Patience is needed to prove medical negligence.(National)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: March 5, 1999 | Copyright information

How do you prove medical negligence when the victim is unconscious and when all those present in the operating theatre are employed by the hospital and on the same side?

Fortunately, there are cases where concerned members of the medical team will "blow the whistle" on a shabby piece of work to safeguard the generally high standards of the profession.

Mrs Alex Hill, who has been recruited by Coventry solicitors RJ Kelley & Co to specialise in medical negligence, says there are currently more ...

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