Medical Negligence

When Healthcare Goes Wrong

Medical negligence cases require lawyers who understand both the law and the complexities of healthcare. At Naidu Chambers, we have the expertise and resources to pursue claims against hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers.

We understand that behind every medical negligence claim is a person or family dealing with the consequences of substandard care. Our role is to help you obtain fair compensation while holding healthcare providers accountable.

Types of Medical Negligence We Handle

Surgical Errors

Surgery carries inherent risks, but some injuries result from negligence rather than unavoidable complications. We handle cases involving wrong-site surgery, retained surgical instruments, anaesthesia errors, post-operative care failures, and unnecessary surgery.

Misdiagnosis & Delayed Diagnosis

Failure to diagnose or delayed diagnosis can have devastating consequences, particularly in cases of cancer misdiagnosis, heart attack misdiagnosis, stroke misdiagnosis, infection failures, and rare condition misdiagnosis.

Birth Injuries

Negligence during pregnancy and delivery can cause lifelong harm. We pursue claims for cerebral palsy caused by birth trauma, erb's palsy and brachial plexus injuries, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), maternal injuries during delivery, and failure to perform timely caesarean section.

Medication Errors

Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication can cause serious harm. We handle wrong medication prescribed, incorrect dosage, dangerous drug interactions, pharmacy dispensing errors, and administration errors.

Hospital Negligence

Hospitals can be liable for systemic failures as well as individual staff negligence. This includes inadequate staffing, equipment failures, hospital-acquired infections, falls and patient safety failures, and communication breakdowns.

What You Need to Prove

Medical negligence claims require proving duty of care where the healthcare provider owed you a duty of care, breach of duty showing they failed to meet the standard of care expected, causation demonstrating that the breach caused your injury, and damages proving you suffered losses as a result.

Our Process

Medical negligence cases are complex and resource-intensive. Our process typically involves initial case assessment to review your medical records and circumstances, expert medical review where we engage independent medical experts to assess whether negligence occurred, evidence gathering to obtain all relevant records and documentation, negotiation attempting settlement where appropriate, and litigation proceeding to court if a fair settlement cannot be reached.

Time Limits

In Malaysia, personal injury claims generally have a limitation period of 6 years from the date of the negligent act. However, we recommend seeking legal advice as soon as possible to preserve evidence and give us the best chance of success.