Unsafe Injections Are Making Patients Sicker
More than 150,000 medical patients in the United States have been injected with dirty needles since 2001, a new investigative report has revealed. And that number might be only the tip of the iceberg. Each year, hundreds of millions of needle injections are administered in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and doctors’ offices across the country. [...]
January 30, 2013 Read MoreMisdiagnoses and Why Your Doctor Should Be Careful
One of the main reasons we visit doctors and place our trust in them when we are sick or injured is due to their ability to diagnose what illness or specific type of injury we are suffering from. There is a huge variety of illnesses and ways in which people can be harmed, making the [...]
January 25, 2013 Read MoreStudy Shows 80,000 Med Mal ‘Never Events’ Occurred In Past 20 Years
We’ve all heard stories of surgeons accidentally “leaving things” inside patients after an operation, but just how frequently that occurs may surprise you. A new study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University reports that over 80,000 medical malpractice ‘never events’ occurred in U.S. Hospitals over the past 20 years. Medical Malpractice ‘Never Events’ Common [...]
December 27, 2012 Read MoreBinghamton Medical Malpractice Lawyer Says Patients, Families Must Speak Up
Rochester, NY, September 06, 2012 – Binghamton medical malpractice attorney Scott C. Gottlieb said today that a study identifying a culture that discourages medical professionals from questioning superiors underscores the need for patients or their family members to ask questions about medical procedures. “The hierarchy of medical organizations and the confidence that medical professionals must display [...]
September 14, 2012 Read MoreNew Program to Protect NY Special Needs Residents Proposed by Gov. Cuomo
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new legislation this week that would set New York apart from the rest of the states with the “strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting people with special needs and disabilities.” The legislation is in reaction to the more than 10,000 allegations of abuse against New Yorkers [...]
May 10, 2012 Read MoreCould New Initiative Identifying Unnecessary Medical Tests Lead to Misdiagnoses?
At some point in our lives we have all been told to “choose wisely.” Whether it was when selecting the school to attend, the job to accept or our lifelong partner, hearing the term often led us to seriously consider all the options. Now, doctors are being asked to choose wisely before prescribing medical tests [...]
April 17, 2012 Read MoreMichigan Hospital Sued in Wife’s Death
The husband of a woman who died while giving birth to triplets in 2007 has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit as a result of her death, reports News Channel 3 in Comstock Township, Michigan. The lawsuit, against Bronson Health Care Group, Bronson Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Kalamozoo Anesthesiology and three doctors, claims the 42-year-old mother had a [...]
April 19, 2011 Read More$2.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Diagnose Colon Cancer
A Virgo County, Indiana jury has awarded $2.5 million to a now 42-year-old former police officer whose doctor failed to diagnose his colon cancer in 2004. The Tribune Star reports the lawsuit was filed against Dr. John Morse of AP&S Clinic in Terre Haute, Indiana in January 2009. At 35-years-old, the man went to the [...]
April 14, 2011 Read MoreMalpractice Alleged in Death of Lap-Band Surgery Patient
The husband of a woman who is the fourth Southern California patient to die following a Lap-Band surgical procedure has filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit, reports the LA Times. The 50-year-old Simi Valley woman died on July 26th following weight loss surgery at Valley Surgical Center in West Hills, a clinic connected [...]
March 29, 2011 Read MoreFlorida Family Awarded $19.2 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A three-and-a-half-year-old girl is blind and has cerebral palsy after she was given 100 times the dose of nutrients 15 days after she was born in 2007, claimed the lawsuit filed in Lee County by her parents. The family has been awarded $19.2 million in the suit that could be the first of its kind [...]
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