If you feel like your hospital or Doctor was negligent in your care, which resulted in physical and/or psychological harm, you may be eligible for compensation. Compensation doesn’t just help cover additional medical expenses you incur as a result of your negligent care. It takes into consideration a number of things and can help cover:
- The pain and suffering you have endured and will continue to endure (if the harm is permanent), including, but not limited to:
- your loss of enjoyment of life, such as your inability to undertake recreational and sports activities
- Physical scarring or damage
- A breakup of your marriage/domestic partnership.
- The voluntary care or assistance your spouse, children or parents provided you, that you would have normally done yourself had you not been injured.
- The paid domestic and other care you had to have, such as cleaning and gardening.
- Your medical and pharmaceutical expenses. This would cover things like doctors, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medication or anything else you have undergone as a result of your injury.
- Loss of wages and superannuation, both for the past as well as any loss to future earning capacity.
- Future medical expenses that may be needed and any modifications to your house or vehicle that are required because of your injury.
- Any special equipment that you may need.
Ester Huxtable, Special Counsel at Hume Taylor & Co, is highly experienced in medical negligence cases and is able to help you navigate the system and obtain the information required to determine if you are eligible for compensation. Make a no obligation, free appointment to speak to her today.
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