Can a Botched Plastic Surgery Qualify as Medical Malpractice?
When the words “plastic surgery” pop up in conversation or in text, it is not uncommon for the reader or listener to picture ads for liposuction or lip inflation, or the ever-popular Hollywood breast augmentation. However plastic surgery is not just for celebrities – the broad category covers reconstructive surgeries, craniofacial surgeries, hand surgeries, microsurgeries… Read more »
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Why Is the Federal Government Reducing Medicare Payments for 31 Florida Hospitals?
The federal government plans to cut Medicare payments to 721 hospitals across the United States, including 31 in Florida, for high patient infection and injury rates. These cuts come as a part of the new healthcare laws, which reduce Medicare payments by 1 percent in the quarter of hospitals with the highest rates of “hospital-acquired… Read more »
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What Happens When Malpractice Leads to Premature Birth?
A North Carolina woman is suing her doctors for what she claims was a botched appendectomy. The woman visited the emergency room with severe abdominal pain on Christmas Eve of 2009, where it was discovered that not only did she need her appendix removed, she was also three weeks pregnant. Around five months after the… Read more »
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What Is the Difference Between Medical Malpractice and Medical Negligence?
Robert Dumigan of Florida will be allowed to sue his doctors for medical negligence after their treatment led to a severe bacterial infection. The infection cost Dumigan a leg and a foot, and the medicine the hospital administered to him was supposed to have been recalled by the manufacturer due to contamination. The hospital, Holmes… Read more »
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Will the V.A. Take Responsibility for Infections Its Hospitals Caused?
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has denied responsibility for many infections it warned that it might have caused several veterans in Tennessee and Florida over the course of the last decade. Over 6000 patients at the V.A.’s Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and over 3,000 veterans at Bruce W. Carter V.A…. Read more »
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Can a Doctor Become a Drug Dealer?
Kirkwood Family Practice of Dayton, Ohio is under fire for the overdose deaths of seven patients. According to the Ohio Attorney General, Dr. David C. Kirkwood is responsible for running a “pill mill,” dispensing prescription drugs to recipients in his home state as well as Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia…. Read more »
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Can I Sue a Physician for My Child’s Cerebral Palsy?
A Georgia woman has received a verdict in her favor after suing her hospital for birth injuries sustained by her daughter. According to the woman, nurses at Gwinnett Medical Center failed to accurately interpret information provided by medical equipment, leading to prolonged oxygen deprivation during the baby’s delivery. The mother alleged that the infant had… Read more »
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Are Doctors Withholding Information from Patients?
A litany of lawsuits has been issued against Orange Park Medical Center for various examples of medical misconduct, despite vehement denial of malpractice by hospital spokespeople. The suits allege that the hospital has committed fatal errors and violated Florida’s Medical Malpractice Act and Nurse Practice Act, as well as the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement… Read more »
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Why Are Malpractice Caps a Bad Thing?
Medical malpractice caps are ceilings placed on medical malpractice payouts regardless of the extent of the victim’s injuries, the merit of the case, or the severity of the hospital’s misconduct. This means that no matter what a hospital does to you or your loved ones, certain states will only allow you to collect a certain… Read more »
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What Kinds of Mistakes Can Doctors Make?
Dr. Charles Coonan Streit, a California urologist for the last 41 years, was placed on probation recently because of a botched kidney operation. According to the state medical board, the longtime physician failed to double-check which of his patient’s kidneys was the one with cancer. The doctor removed the patient’s healthy kidney, leaving the diseased… Read more »
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