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Former Johns Hopkins Gynecologist Kills Himself While Under Investigation For Photographing Patients

February 20, 2013

Baltimore City police reported that a former Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist who was being investigated for allegedly taking inappropriate photographs and videotaping his patients without their knowledge or consent was found dead in his home on February 18, 2013, evidently due to a self-inflic[...]

Does Medical Malpractice Causing Oxygen Deprivation At Birth Lead To ADHD Later In Life?

December 25, 2012

A not-too-uncommon basis for medical malpractice claims involving devastating injuries suffered by newborns alleges that the medical providers involved in the labor and delivery failed to timely diagnose and respond to medical problems with the mother and/or the fetus during childbirth or failed[...]

Minnesota Hospitals Take Steps To Reduce Medical Malpractice Claims

December 23, 2012

It was announced on December 18, 2012 that hospitals in Minnesota that are participating in the so-called Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network have prevented more than 3,200 re-admissions to the participating hospitals, have prevented 463 patients from experiencing a fall while i[...]

Children In Nursing Homes – 14-Year-Old’s Tragic Death In Florida

November 15, 2012

A profoundly disabled 14-year-old girl who suffered from cerebral palsy, seizures, and other ailments, was well-cared for at home, according to her mother. Her mother diligently pureed her foods, took care of her hygiene, and provided her daughter with love, attention, and compassion. That all ch[...]

Missouri Medical Malpractice Claim For Baby Decapitated During Birth

November 13, 2012

A Missouri couple has filed a medical malpractice claim against an obstetrician, claiming that he pulled too hard on the baby’s head while the baby was stuck in the birth canal during birth, thereby decapitating the baby. Adding to the horror is the allegation in the medical malpractice compl[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident’s Life Valued At $8,000

November 2, 2012

When a 64-year-old woman was admitted into an Iowa nursing home, the woman’s doctor ordered that her airway be suctioned when mucous formed in her throat. The nursing home knew that without an open airway, the woman would be unable to breath and that she would die. That is just what happen[...]

New Mexico Nursing Home Claim For Negligently Inserted Feeding Tube

November 1, 2012

In August, 2012, a medical malpractice claim was filed against a Santa Fe, New Mexico nursing home alleging that the staff of the nursing home negligently inserted a feeding tube in a 56-year-old resident that had been pulled out by the confused resident, by inserting the tube into her abdominal [...]

Another Massachusetts Compounding Pharmacy Loses License

October 31, 2012

Infusion Resource, a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that produces sterile injectable medications for patients recently discharged from the hospital, has voluntarily surrendered its pharmacy license following an unannounced inspection of its facilities by the Massachusetts Department of Public H[...]

FDA’S Disturbing Inspection Of The New England Compounding Center

October 29, 2012

The FDA issued a report on October 26, 2012 regarding its inspection of the facilities of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) that took place on October 1-2, 4-5, 9, 15, and 26, 2012, and the reported observations are disturbing. NECC is at the center of the recent fungal meningitis outbrea[...]

Are Fungal Meningitis Claims Medical Malpractice Or Product Liability Claims?

October 26, 2012

As the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 21, 2012 spreads to more people in more states, one issue that will need to be resolved, and which may be resolv[...]

North Carolina $6 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgical Malpractice Leading To Death

October 25, 2012

A North Carolina medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in excess of $6 million in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs on October 10, 2012. The medical malpractice jury found that a surgeon had left a large sponge in a woman’s abdominal cavity following surgery that led to infec[...]

Our 600th Consecutive Daily Blog Post

October 24, 2012

Today we celebrate our 600th consecutive daily blog post. Our milestone makes us proud because we have covered many relevant and timely topics that have provided our readers with information that they could use at the time they needed the information the most. The responses to our blog have been tre[...]

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