The federal government released a grading system that allows consumers to comparehospital performance and quality on Wednesday. The one- to five star-rating system has been long-awaited as well as controversial. Not all hospitals excelled on the rating system, particularly hospitals in St. Louis that many would expect to do well. For instance, many hospital…
A Michigan woman is suing her doctor formedical malpractice after a wrongful conception occurred after a permanent birth control procedure. The woman underwent a permanent birth control procedure in 2008. The doctor found her fallopian tubes blocked and told her she could not get pregnant and she did not need contraceptives. The 50-year-old woman…
A woman has filed amedical malpractice lawsuit after a doctor removed the wrong rib during surgery. The 60-year-old Connecticut woman filed the medical malpractice lawsuit against two physicians as well as Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University. The woman claims she was forced to go through two surgeries in one day after her surgeon-in-training…
A New Jersey woman recently filed a lawsuit against a surgeon formedical malpractice after he allegedly left a medical tool in her body during surgery. The patient of Capital Health practice underwent a spinal fusion surgery in June of 2014. She claims the doctor lost a pedicle screw in her body during the surgery….
This month, amedical malpractice lawsuit involving the death of a popular female comedian was settled after a year long battle. The family of the deceased sued a New York City clinic in 2015 for medical malpractice for performing unauthorized medical procedures, taking selfies with the patient and failing to respond appropriately to the patient’s…
The Journal of the American Medical Association statesmedical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medical malpractice comes in just right behind heart disease and cancer. According to JAMA, over $3 billion was spent in medical malpractice paid claims in 2012 alone. JAMA reports one paid medical malpractice claim…
A hospital in Pennsylvania was ordered to pay $5 million to a man’s family after a jury agreed thatmedical malpractice occurred. In December 2008, an 88-year-old man was brought to Abington Memorial Hospital after losing consciousness at the nursing home where he resided. Upon arrival, the medical staff inserted a feeding tube into the…
Melissa Rivers filed amedical malpractice lawsuit after her mother Joan Rivers died after a routine endoscopy. The comedian and television host went into cardiac arrest during the procedure and doctors placed her in a medically induced coma. Tragically, at the age of 81, she died a week after the initial procedure. The death occurred…
When children are the victims ofmedical malpractice, it is especially alarming. Malyia Jeffers was awarded $10 million in her medical malpractice case in 2011 and has impacted how emergency rooms handle their patients. The Californian toddler was rushed to the hospital with troubling symptoms and bruising spreading all over her body. The toddler’s parents…
The University of Iowa dental clinic has come forward admitting tomedical malpractice, revealing they have accidentally overdosed almost 120 children with nitrous oxide, commonly identified as laughing gas. Patients who received pediatric dentistry treatment at the University of Iowa dental clinic between March 1 and April 20 received too much nitrous oxide. It is…