Birth Injury Attorneys

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What to Do After Your Child Suffers a Birth Injury

 

The law firm of Silberstein, Awad and Miklos has been serving the people of New York for over 30 years. As medical malpractice attorneys, they have decades of combined experience representing those parents whose children have suffered birth injuries.

 

If you think your new baby has a birth injury, you need to act quickly. The first thing to do is to seek medical treatment as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the more likelihood there is that your baby is going to suffer life-long consequences from the birth injury.

 

Birth injuries can be hard for parents to detect, particularly in newborn babies. This is why it is crucial for new parents to take their babies to all regularly scheduled doctor visits. Health care professionals are trained at identifying signs of a birth injury in infants.

 

If the worst happens and a birth injury is suspected, then you should seek help from birth injury lawyers immediately. Speed is important because many conditions are treatable if caught early enough. Also, the treatments for many birth injuries can be expensive. One of the jobs of birth injury attorneys is to make sure the family does not have to pay for the treatment their baby needs if the injury was the result of someone else's negligence. Legal representation and advice can help make sure your family is compensated as much as possible for the injury to the baby. Also, many states put time limits on the family, limiting the amount of time they have to bring a birth injury lawsuit.

 

Reasons to seek legal advice after your injured child's birth:

 

• Financial concerns for the child's treatment needs, now and in the future.
• Feeling as if the doctor was dishonest about the cause of the injury.
• Suspecting negligence on the part of the doctor.
• Wanting to prevent the doctor from injuring other children.
• Learning that their child's injury could have been prevented.
• To hold the doctors accountable for their actions.

 

Other things you should do if your child suffers a birth injury:

 

• Request copies of your medical records immediately after delivery before anything can get lost or changed.
• File a lawsuit early so that hospital staff can remember the details of your delivery.
• Keep detailed notes about conversations between you and your doctor regarding your child's injury, including dates.
• Make a life care plan done so that you can understand how your child's birth injury may impact them in their adult life.

 

If you think your child is suffering from a birth injury as a result of medical negligence, please contact our birth injury attorneys today to discuss your case. Serving Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island, New York City, and Queens, New York.

 

 

 

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