Healthcare is considered to be a noble field that is generally considered to be for the welfare of humanity with personal and/or monetary gains to be of least importance. However, gone are the days when people aspired to become doctors just to be of service to man. During recent times, there has increasingly been an urge in members associated with the field of healthcare to draw as much fame and money as they can from each patient they encounter. The medical care required by patients may be dire, but the doctor usually takes recourse in the long route to treatment so as to milk out maximum monetary gain that seems logically possible.
Troubled patients especially senior citizens who have been victims of negligence have increasingly begun to hire legal aid in order to tackle such issues they encounter in the field of healthcare. One increasing cause of concern is the phenomenon of improper treatment meted out at nursing homes. In the field of law there have come to be known specialty lawyers that cater to the specific incidents of negligence at nursing homes. They are the nursing home negligence lawyers.
Though this problem of negligent treatment at nursing homes is more rampant in developing countries, it however, is not an extinct issue in developed countries as well. In the past few years, there have been some rules and laws even that have been passed to this effect. This helps safeguard the consumer’s right to a just and positive medical aid in exchange to the many financial and physical troubles patients especially the elderly have to go through. In India, there are special consumer courts that have been formed to provide legal recourse to those who seek it. There is also the concept of fast-track case; the use of which is determined on examination of how critical the patient’s condition is.
Even after having received medical treatment at nursing homes, many elderly patients complain of stress and anxiety owing to unprofessional staff or services that were rendered at the nursing home. Extensive research and consumer polls have also been undertaken in order to understand and effectively address the problems that appease or disappoint an elderly patient. Reputed healthcare centers and nursing homes are also increasingly trying to incorporate the findings of such research in order to cater to the patients in a satisfactory manner.
In spite of the growing concern in the field of elderly healthcare, it is a common sight to see the rampant malpractices that occur day in and day out due to unsatisfactory medical care. There have also been cases of patients suffering from chronic problems owing to such malpractices. The best recourse for an elderly victim to take as compensation – monetary or otherwise, is to engage legal help. This will ensure justice as well as discourage healthcare providers from engaging in such practices in the future, which will also help other possible victims to receive better; possibly the best medical aid.
Being healthy or the contraction of a medical problem is not in one hands. However, the right to receive proper treatment is every human’s birthright which gets further reinforced with the fact that there are laws and legal aid available to that extent.