OIG Report Slams VA Medical Center In D.C.
March 25, 2018
The Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General issued a report on March 7, 2018 entitled, “Critical Deficiencies at the Washington DC VA Medical Center” (“Report”) in which it found “widespread and formidable inadequacies in many essential functions at th[...]
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Georgia Hospital Settles Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case
March 24, 2018
On March 1, 2018, a Georgia hospital settled a birth injury medical malpractice case filed against it that alleged that two physicians that it employed failed to provide care consistent with the required standard of care, which resulted in the baby suffering a severe brain injury at her birth in 201[...]
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Neurosurgeon In Kenya Operated On Brain Of Wrong Patient
March 17, 2018
Wrong patient surgery or wrong site surgery doesn’t just occur (rarely) in the United States. A neurosurgeon in Kenya recently operated on the brain of the wrong patient and the error was not discovered until more than two hours into the delicate operation, when the neurosurgeon was unable to [...]
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