{"id":39,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/who-can-be-held-accountable-for-birth-injuries-1\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:30:07","slug":"who-can-be-held-accountable-for-birth-injuries-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/who-can-be-held-accountable-for-birth-injuries-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can be held accountable for birth injuries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00a0is commonly thought\u00a0that in the case of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/injury.findlaw.com\/medical-malpractice\/responsible-parties-in-birth-injury-cases-who-can-be-sued.html\" target=\"_blank\">birth injury or medical malpractice claim<\/a>, only the doctor can be held\u00a0accountable. In actuality, the hospital, nurses, other medical staff and even the pharmaceutical companies can be held\u00a0accountable.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to birth injuries, hospitals can be held responsible for their\u00a0own\u00a0negligence as a corporation or vicariously liable for the negligence of their medical staff or employees. A hospital is responsible for hiring staff with the proper credentials, education, training and verification and also of providing the appropriate training to\u00a0its staff. If a hospital hires an employee without looking into the employee&#8217;s credentials, education and training then it can be held liable.\u00a0This is\u00a0also the case where the hospital knows that an employee is not competent but allows them to perform in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals are required to have an appropriate number of staff and nurses at all times in case of emergencies. Hospitals can also\u00a0be held\u00a0accountable when their medical facilities fail to protect the baby or mother from harm or is the cause of\u00a0harm. It can also\u00a0be\u00a0held\u00a0liable if tests\u00a0are not\u00a0properly\u00a0performed, if medical records\u00a0were not properly organized, or if the hospital did not allow treatment to the patient\u00a0on the basis of\u00a0their religion, gender, race or their ability to pay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/who-can-be-held-accountable-for-birth-injuries-1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Who can be held accountable for birth injuries?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00a0is commonly thought\u00a0that in the case of a\u00a0birth injury or medical malpractice claim, only the doctor can be held\u00a0accountable. In actuality, the hospital, nurses, other medical staff and even the pharmaceutical companies can be held\u00a0accountable. When it comes to birth injuries, hospitals can be held responsible for their\u00a0own\u00a0negligence as a corporation or vicariously liable for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injuries","tag-birth-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who can be held accountable for birth injuries? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 27, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who can be held accountable for birth injuries? - Birth Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/who-can-be-held-accountable-for-birth-injuries-1\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Who can be held accountable for birth injuries? 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