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• Hospital Fined After 3rd Brain Surgery Mistake

  Beth Janicek | November 27, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Rhode Island Hospital has performed three different brain surgeries by three different doctors on the wrong side of the head this year. The state Department of Health fined Rhode Island Hospital $50,000.00 and the hospital was ordered to develop a neurosurgery checklist. Two of the patients were okay after the surgery error, but one of the patients died three weeks after the surgery. That...

• Grand Hyatt's Workers Warned of Faulty Elevators

  Beth Janicek | November 21, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Joseph Montez died because an outside service elevator opened and he fell 20 stories. At least two former workers at the site say that there had been saftey warnings months ago regarding the outside elevators. The former workers said they either sent written warnings or told hotel developer FaulknerUSA of Austin about the faulty elevators, known as buck hoists. Steve Killingsworth, vice...

• Construction Worker Killed On the Job

  Beth Janicek | November 19, 2007 9:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Early on November 17, 2007 a worker was killed after falling 20 stories to his death at the Grand Hyatt Hotel construction site in downtown San Antonio. The worker's name is Joseph Montez and he was 24 years old. He was loading Sheetrock into a service elevator when the load shifted, pushed him and he fell from the 21st floor. Two other men were taken to a hospital to be treated for...

• Vioxx Maker To Pay $4.85 Billion

  Beth Janicek | November 09, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Merck, the maker of Vioxx agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle more than 26,000 lawsuits. The settlement will becomes final only if 85% of the Plaintiffs agree to drop their suits. Additionally, Merck still will face approximately 265 potential class-action lawsuits by people or family members who say Vioxx has injured or caused death to its users. For more information on this subject, please...

• Nursing Homes Ordered to Pay Millions to Patient's Estate

  Beth Janicek | November 07, 2007 3:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The suit was filed again Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes and the suit claimed the facilities were negligent and failed to properly care for patient, John Novogradac. Mr. Novogradac lived at both facilities and developed bedsores on his body. He also had to have both legs amputated from above the knee due to his wounds becoming severely infected with dead and gangrenous tissue....

• FDA Suspends Trasylol

  Beth Janicek | November 05, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Today, November 5, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation to suspend the marketing of Trasylol. This drug is used to control bleeding during heart surgery. FDA requested the suspension in the interest of patient safety based on the serious nature of the outcomes suggested in the preliminary data. FDA has not yet received full study data...