Every year, thousands of people are injured as a result of medical malpractice. In 1990, a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that each year, more than 3% of patients in New York State hospitals suffered some form of a medical mistake which resulted in serious injury. Nationally, the Harvard Medical Practice Study estimated that each year, more than 180,000 people die, at least in part, because of medical mistakes. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP has successfully represented victims of medical malpractice, dental malpractice, nursing home negligence and hospital negligence for over 10 years. Please choose a medical malpractice topic below to learn more about the legal remedies available to you and your family.
Medical Malpractice News
New York Hospital Negligence Victim Died of Blood Clots
Jul 15, 2008
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Esman Green, the woman who died at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) June 19 after writhing on the floor of its psychiatric...
NY Hospitals Urged to Adopt Aggressive Anti-Infection Protocols
Jul 9, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
New York’s state Department of Health just a released a report revealing that the rate of hospital infection in surgical intensive care units...
Kings County Hospital Sued for $25 Million in Patient's Videotaped Death
Jul 8, 2008
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Esman Green’s daughter has called for criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help her mother who died at Brooklyn’s Kings...
Deplorable Conditions at Kings County Hospital Center
Jul 7, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Last month, Esman Green, a 49-year-old Jamaican woman and patient at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) was allowed writhe on the...
Medication Errors Linked to Hospital Technology Flaws
Jul 2, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Ross Koppel, Ph.D., led research at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) School of Medicine on how hospital nurses use bar-coded technology that...
Woman Dies at Kings County Hospital While Staffers Do Nothing
Jul 2, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Last night’s news led with graphic video evidence of medical malpractice taken two weeks ago by a Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC)...
Substandard Organs Routine in Transplant Pool
Jun 26, 2008
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University of Pennsylvania scientists and ethicists are looking to revamp the organ transplant system over concerns it’s too fragmented,...
Bad Doctors to be Named Under New York Patient Safety Bill
Jun 24, 2008
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Soon, most doctors who have been charged with misconduct by the New York State Department of Health will not only have their names made...
Complaint Against Dix Hills Doctor At Center of Hepatitis Scare Poorly Handled
Jun 20, 2008
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Raymond Bookstaver says he contracted hepatitis C in Dr. Harvey Finkelstein office. Bookstaver filed a complaint against Finkelstein in 2005,...
Antibacterial Wipes May Be Spreading Super Bugs in Hospitals
Jun 4, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Today, disinfecting wipes and alcohol-based hand gels are widely used in hospitals, schools, and other public settings to kill the germs that cause...
C. Diff Cases Up by 10,000 Per Year
May 29, 2008
| Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Last month, we reported that cases of potentially deadly diarrhea-related infections—known as CDAD or Clostridium difficile-associated...
The Devastating Consequences of Botched LASIK Surgery
May 13, 2008
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Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finally reviewing complaints from LASIK patients who have suffered from a variety of issues,...
