I have been a medical malpractice lawyer for almost 25 years.  The first ten of those, I spent defending doctors and major hospital systems in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area. That experience gave me an insider’s view of the inner workings of our healthcare system. I was able to sit in committee meetings with the top hospital brass and analyze how doctors could become “blind to the obvious”. The answer was simple; doctors are human, despite all the safeguards that can be put in place, humans make mistakes. 

So, whenever anyone asks me “what is the best piece of advice you can give me to avoid being the victim of medical malpractice?” I give them the same answer: Be your own best advocate!  That is exactly what Dr. Meiczkowski is telling people in this article. Please take his advice to heart, and put it into practice. Because, after spending the last 25 years trying to put people’s lives back together after negligent doctors and hospitals have destroyed them, I would like nothing more than for all of you to put me out of business by never being victims of medical negligence.

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