Category Archives: Medical Malpractice
Boy Dies after Pharmacist issues dose 1000 Times too High
A Colorado pharmacy has admitted to issuing an incorrect dosage of a boy’s ADHD medication, causing the wrongful death of 8-year-old Jake Steinbrecher. According to The Denver Channel, Jake had been taking Clonadine to help curb his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for three years. Last Halloween, however, he took … read more
Woman files Malpractice Lawsuit after Improper Pseudotumor Cerebri Treatment causes Blindness
Earlier this month, a woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit based on claims that a doctor’s failure to properly her pseudotumor cerebri resulted in her blindness. Jenoise Callahan filed the malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Scott Bledsoe and Wesley Medical Center on May 13 in Kansas. Here, she claims that she … read more
Birth Injury Fund to Remove Physician Accountability
In an effort to protect themselves from high medical malpractice costs, many doctors and hospitals are in favor of creating funds to treat babies who suffer neurological injuries during delivery. Currently Virginia, Florida and New York are the only states with such funds, but Maryland lawmakers are now pushing to … read more
Lawsuits Filed Against Exeter Hospital for Hepatitis C Outbreak
Lawsuits continue to stack up against New Hampshire’s Exeter Hospital over a hepatitis C outbreak that has been linked to its cardiac catheterization lab. Four more cases have of hepatitis C have been reported. According to reports, there have been 31 cases reported total. According to Jose Montero, state director … read more
NCSL Opposes Medical Malpractice Reform Bill
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) wrote a letter to House leaders today, announcing its opposition to the medical malpractice reform bill H.R. 5. “NCSL opposes the passage of H.R. 5 either as a stand-alone bills or as attached to any other piece of federal legislation,” the letter said. … read more
Dirty Hospital Instruments Threaten Patients
Operating room personnel are using dirty surgical instruments encrusted with bone and tissue from previous operations, according to a report in iwatchnews.org, a publication of The Center for Public Integrity. The filthy instruments are being blamed for many hospital-based infections. As instruments have become more complex they also have become … read more
