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Medical Malpractice
Rhode Island Hospital Fined Over Wrong-Site Surgery
Nov 3, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Last week, we wrote about the fifth reported botched surgery at the same hospital since 2007. Rhode Island Hospital—the largest hospital in...
VA Cancer Probe Continues
Jun 30, 2009
| Parker Waichman LLP
Dr. Gary D. Kao, the doctor linked to scores of potentially shoddy medical procedures conducted at the Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in...
Doctors Give US Emergency Care A Failing Grade
Dec 11, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
The country has received an overall failing grade for its emergency care service according to the American College of Emergency Physicians, the...
New York Hospital Negligence Victim Died of Blood Clots
Jul 15, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Esman Green, the woman who died at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) June 19 after writhing on the floor of its psychiatric...
Woman Dies at Kings County Hospital While Staffers Do Nothing
Jul 2, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Last night’s news led with graphic video evidence of medical malpractice taken two weeks ago by a Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC)...
Bad Doctors to be Named Under New York Patient Safety Bill
Jun 24, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Soon, most doctors who have been charged with misconduct by the New York State Department of Health will not only have their names made...
Medical Mistakes, Drug Reactions Threaten Children
Apr 8, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Medical mistakes and adverse reactions to drugs injure 1 in 15 children admitted to the hospital, a new study finds. That study, published in the...
Dennis Quaid Speaks Out on Heparin Overdose, Medical Mistakes
Mar 17, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Accidental Heparin overdoses are a real threat to patients, says actor Dennis Quaid, who nearly lost his children to a medical mistake. Late...
Medical Mistakes go Unreported by Many Doctors
Jan 17, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Doctors are not very good at reporting medical mistakes. Unfortunately medical mistakes are a big problem - in the 1999 U.S. Institute of...
HIV Misdiagnosis Nets 2.5 Million Jury Award
Dec 13, 2007
| Parker Waichman LLP
An HIV misdiagnosis lawsuit has resulted in a $2.5 million malpractice verdict against a Massachusetts physician. In her HIV misdiagnosis...
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