Understanding Hospital Negligence in West Virginia: Your Rights and Recourse When you seek care at a hospital, you place immense trust in the medical professionals and the institution itself. You expect to be treated with competence, diligence, and adherence to established medical standards. Unfortunately, hospitals, like any complex organization, can fall short, leading to instances of negligence that result in serious injury or even death. In West Virginia, understanding what constitutes hospital negligence and what legal avenues are available to you is crucial if you or a loved one has been harmed. Hospital negligence is distinct from, but often intertwined with, the negligence of individual doctors or nurses. It refers to a hospital's failure to meet the accepted standard of care, causing harm to a patient. This can arise from systemic failures, administrative shortcomings, or the direct actions and inactions of hospital employees, for whom the hospital is gener...