Coronavirus
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Similar to drivers, doctors and other medical professionals also owe a duty of care to their patients, to provide treatment that is in line with the “medical standard of care,” which is usually defined as the level and type of care that a reasonably competent and skilled health care professional, with a similar background and in the same medical community, would have provided under the circumstances that led to the alleged malpractice.
So, medical negligence occurs when a doctor, dentist, nurse, surgeon or any other medical professional performs their job in a way that deviates from this accepted medical standard of care. If a doctor provides treatment that is sub-standard in terms of accepted medical norms under the circumstances, then that doctor has failed to perform his or her duty, and is said to be negligent.
By the numbers: As of 2018, 85 publicly traded health care companies have amassed $47 billion of global profit on $545 billion of global revenue in the second quarter, according to company documents. It's disgusting and these healthcare providers need to be held accountable for their lack of preparedness.