healthcare negligence

Healthcare negligence occurs when a healthcare professional fails to provide the appropriate standard of care, resulting in harm or injury to a patient. It involves a breach of the duty of care owed by the provider, such as misdiagnosis, surgical errors, medication mistakes, or inadequate treatment. To establish negligence, it must be shown that the healthcare provider's actions were unreasonably careless and directly caused injury. Patients affected by negligence may be entitled to compensation for their harm and losses.