A common medical practice of anesthesiologists and other medical professionals may be dangerous enough to be extremely harmful – perhaps even negligent. A new study from researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine offers strong criticism of the common practice of using inexpensive monitors to keep track of patients’ blood sugar levels during […]
In 2006, a four-year-old girl died from an overdose of psychiatric drugs. Even though the girl’s parents were the main culprits in her death, the doctor who prescribed the medications and whose care the girl was supposedly under shared responsibility for her death. The tragedy came about because the girl’s parents were faking mental illnesses in the […]
A recent study of medication errors in Minnesota hospitals had bad news for patients that might have hoped this type of medical malpractice was on the wane. The study found a sharp increase in medication errors in the last year. This was the case despite the fact that many of the hospital pharmacies studied had […]
A new study from the Netherlands indicates that surgical checklists should be more widely used in order to prevent unnecessary injuries to surgical patients. Thousands of Americans die each year from medical errors, and a large number of these errors are related to surgery. Following checklists has been shown to reduce the instance of surgical deaths […]
A lawsuit filed last week against an Oregon hospital claims damages on behalf of a patient who received a colonoscopy with a scope that was not fully disinfected. According to the medical malpractice suit against St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, the plaintiff received a colonoscopy last September with a scope that had previously been used on four other patients […]
A Virginia family has reached a settlement with the U.S. government in a medical malpractice case that involved birth injuries sustained at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. The federal government will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that inadequate care caused a child to be born with neurological injuries, including cerebral palsy. According to the court filings, the […]
An Alachua County, Florida, jury has awarded $23 million in damages to a St. Petersburg woman after surgical and postoperative negligence caused a permanent, disabling brain injury. The woman also received $1 million in a pre-trial settlement of a nursing error claim. The plaintiff was 35 years old when she sought treatment at Shands at […]
A New York jury has awarded a Queens man a substantial verdict after his cardiac surgeons’ postoperative negligence led to a cascade of destructive health complications. Ultimately, the man went on to spend two-and-a-half years in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities due to the medical malpractice. The man went to a hospital in Roslyn, New York, […]
