Can a patient sue an Anesthesiologist for making a mistake?
Yes, anesthesia injury is a very serious complication arising from medical mistakes made during surgery. Due to the high risks associated with anesthesia in the first place, a patient can suffer catastrophic, lifelong damages from receiving inappropriate doses of anesthetic during surgery. In other instances, doses of anesthetic may prove insufficient, leading a patient to regain consciousness during a surgical procedure, which is a traumatic and excruciating experience to say the least. From a legal standpoint, filing suit against an anesthesiologist for mistakes during surgery will rely determining the applicable standard of care in a given patient’s case, where the anesthesiologist in question deviated from the appropriate standard of care, and whether the damages sustained by the patient were proximately caused by the medical mistake. From a practical standpoint, proving these elements in a medical malpractice case will rely on testimony and insight from medical experts, who have e
