Children’s Hospital Sued over Emergency Room Malpractice
The parents of a 19-month-old toddler are suing her hospital because of the delayed treatment she received after swallowing a battery. The incident...
Hospital Sued for $1.5 Billion for Exposing Patients to Tuberculosis
Accused of not protecting newborn babies and patients, the parent company of a Texas hospital is being sued for $1.5 billion in a...
Why Defective Medical Products Make It to the Market
Everyone wants a better life. That means a life that is healthier, longer, and less painful. The creation of medical aids to add...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 3)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog post, we’ve seen some shocking medical errors—doctors insulting a patient during surgery, an anesthesiologist...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 2)
In our last post, we saw how anesthesia awareness can cause a patient to be trapped during surgery, unable to move, but feeling...
10 Tragic yet Avoidable Anesthesia Errors (Part 1)
Did you know there’s a phobia specifically for surgical operations? If you have tomophobia, you never want to go under that scalpel. And...
History of Forceps During Childbirth
According to some accounts, the use of forceps during the delivery of a baby has been around since 1500 BC. They were more...
Broken Tube Left in Heart Leads to Surgical Malpractice Lawsuit
We go to the hospital when we are sick and expect that we will receive the proper treatment and care. We trust that...
Convalescent Hospital Sued in Connection to Woman’s Death
A lawsuit has been filed in San Luis Obispo Superior Court alleging that a convalescent hospital in Atascadero, California allowed a woman recovering...
$12 Million Dollar Fraud Settlement with Hospital
A $12 million dollar settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought against a Miami Hospital was recently reached. The federal lawsuit alleged that a...
