A medical malpractice case in which UPMC Presbyterian was accused of covering up some of the circumstances of a death at the hospital was settled recently. The family of Samuel Sweet, a 62-year-old Cheswick man who died while being treated at the hospital ... Read more »
Cash-Strapped Brooklyn Hospital Faces “Alarming” Number Of Malpractice Claims – Newsinferno.com
Cash-strapped Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York, is facing what has been described as an “alarming” number of medical malpractice claims. Issues at Brookdale have long been making headlines Read more »
Thai envoy to fight wife’s death in Seoul, Bangkok – AsiaOne
Ambassador Chaiyong Satjipanon has filed a criminal complaint with the Korean police accusing Soonchunhyang University Hospital of medical malpractice and a lack of professionalism leading to the death of his wife Thitinart Satjipanon. He intends to pursue ... Read more »
What is Medical Malpractice? Who Can Help Malpractice Victims? – Zimbio
Whether you make a doctor's appointment for an annual physical or go to the hospital because of an unexpected medical emergency, you deserve - and physicians are required by law to provide - appropriate medical care. Read more »
Defense expert witnesses testify in Van Vleck trial – Bennington Banner
The infant died some hours later at the hospital. The defense’s case has been that Colin Van Vleck died of a combination birth injury and birth defect. The injury, bleeding in the brain, caused the organ to swell, while a defect had caused two ... Read more »
Defense expert witnesses testify in Van Vleck trial – Bennington Banner
The infant died some hours later at the hospital. The defense’s case has been that Colin Van Vleck died of a combination birth injury and birth defect. The injury, bleeding in the brain, caused the organ to swell, while a defect had caused two ... Read more »
Luis Board supports physicians’ opposition to medical malpractice proposal – Virgin Islands Daily News
ST. CROIX - The Luis Hospital board on Wednesday voted to support the hospital's physicians in opposing two bills that the Senate Health and Hospitals Committee is scheduled to consider on Friday. The two bills, sponsored by Sen. Read more »
Kankakee: $4.9 M awarded in suit against Provena – Kankakee Daily Journal
A Kankakee man who suffered brain damage in 2002 while being treated at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital recently settled his medical malpractice suit out of court for $4.9-million. Edward Anderson, 41, suffered a brain injury while at the hospital ... Read more »
Medical Malpractice Basics – 24-7PressRelease.com
Medical malpractice claims involve a wide range of procedures, from failing to diagnose a dangerous condition to operating on the wrong side of the body. Read more »
Off the Record: Boys looking for market to sell chipmunks – Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
Sartori Hospital reported 531 live births, four illegitimate births (names not mentioned in Hospital Notes Column) one congenital malformation birth and one birth injury. There were 159 deaths including 10 infants, seven fatalities and nine neonatal deaths. Read more »