Patients file medical malpractice claims for any type of medical negligence by a medical professional that causes injury. Allegations for such lawsuits frequently relate to the following: Diagnosis: The doctor misdiagnosed your condition or failed to take reasonable steps to provide an accurate diagnosis that would have allowed you to receive treatment sooner. Surgery: An error was made during a surgical procedure. This may include such errors as leaving medical equipment in the body or, in extreme cases, operating on the wrong body part. Treatment: You were not provided with the correct treatment in a timely manner, or the proper treatment was administered incorrectly. Obstetrics: There were difficulties during pregnancy or childbirth that your doctor failed to treat. As a result, you, your child, or both of you suffered complications. Medication: You were given the wrong medication or the wrong dosage of otherwise correctly prescribed medication. Anesthesia: An anesthesiologist gave you the wrong dose during a medical procedure and/or failed to notice and correct a problem quickly enough. Monitoring: Your condition required careful attention and monitoring from your doctor, and they failed to provide this monitoring or to identify possible problems in a timely fashion. Equipment: A doctor may have left medical equipment in your body during surgery, or they may have used a piece of equipment on you when it was not necessary, leading to preventable trauma. IV and blood products: You were given the wrong type or amount of an IV or blood product, or the product was contaminated in some way.