- Beth Janicek | August 30, 2007 5:25 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeLast week nurses from Christus Santa Rosa Hospital's Intensive Care Unit told the news that the ICU is understaffed and it is affecting patient care. Another major San Antonio hospital, University Hospital, is alleging there are too many patients and not enough nurses which is leading to lapses in care for patients and even death. A University nurse, Imelda Balderas stated, "There's not enough...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 29, 2007 12:27 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA construction accident in Coral Springs sent a construction worker to the hospital with critical injuries. The construction site is on Coral Hills Drive. The man was hit in the head and chest by the bucket of a backhoe at 8:52 a.m., said Fire Department spokesman Mike Moser.When fire department crews arrived less than a minute later, the man did not have a pulse and was not breathing, Moser...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 28, 2007 8:59 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car accident in San Antonio has left two people dead and two others injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning on Loop 1604 at Bandera Road. A woman driving a Toyota was killed. The injured were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries. Estrada said the man was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck westbound on Loop 1604 and crossed the grass median into oncoming...
- Beth Janicek | August 27, 2007 10:23 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsProgressive's CEO, Glenn Renwick apologized for Progressive's use of private investigators against a couple suing them regarding a 2004 car wreck. The private investigators went undercover and joined the couple's Atlanta church group to find out damaging information about them. The detectives became a part of a private support group that discussed abortions, sexual orientation and drug...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 24, 2007 12:39 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe estate of a woman is suing a Kanawha County doctor for medical malpractice after she needed to have her leg amputated following a heart catheterization. A review of the case found that the doctor did not act in a timely manner when complications arose after the surgery. According to the suit, Rosa Griffith underwent a left heart catheterization via the right groin artery June 13, 2005....
- Beth Janicek | August 22, 2007 12:04 PM |
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MiscellaneousRoy Riley lost his fiancee, Raheem Rasheedah Muhammad, their 9 year old son, Royelle Edward Riley, and Ms. Muhammad's 7 year old niece, Markia Summerfield to a fire last month. The apartment that they lived in did not have a smoke detector. A lawsuit was filed seeking $52.3 million against the apartment building's management. The building management failed to install smoke detectors. Of the...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 20, 2007 1:54 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car accident on FM 78 has left a 59-year-old woman dead. She was driving to San Antonio when the accident occurred. The police believe there may have been a medical problem that caused the car accident. Witnesses said the woman in a small, red car was headed toward San Antonio on FM 78 when she drifted into oncoming traffic, sideswiped two vehicles and then collided head-on with a dump...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 16, 2007 1:56 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA construction accident in Brownsville at the site of a new T-Mobile customer service call center has left two workers dead and a third injured. A wall on the building collapsed and killed two people. The worksite is located at the intersection of Heritage Trail and Paredes Line. Investigators have yet to determine why one of the buildings walls gave way. Another worker was injured in the...
- Beth Janicek | August 14, 2007 4:07 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn Sequl, South Korea five family members fell 65 feet to their deaths when the car they were riding in unexpectedly overturned. The "Giant Wheel" was among 30 rides at the World Carnival mobile amusement park that opened in Busan last month.Seven relatives were in the car when it broke. Two people were able to be rescued, four fell and died at the scene and one woman died after being taken to...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 13, 2007 3:05 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA man with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit caused a car accident that killed 3 people. The accident happened in McCarty on Interstate 10 Saturday night. The gas tank of the victims' westbound 2007 Toyota Corolla burst into flames after being rear-ended by a 1993 Dodge Ram van just east of McCarty about 8:30 p.m., killing a man, a woman and a male child. Their identities...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 08, 2007 3:01 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA 46-year-old sub-contractor at Denver International Airport was killed by a sweeper on runway 16L. He was working to remove tire pieces from the runway. The workplace accident happened early in the morning on Monday. The sub-contractor was cleaning rubber pieces off the runway when he was hit by a large sweeper. "The man had apparently bent over to retrieve an item and could not be seen by...
- Shannon Weidemann | August 06, 2007 2:44 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 25-year-old student and waitress from Lufkin died in a single car accident on Thursday. The car accident happened near Jacksonville. No one else was injured in the accident. The victim, a student at Angelina College by day and a bartender at Jimmy's Too by night, was killed after she lost control of her four-door Kia while rounding a sharp curve on U.S. Highway 69, according to report...
- Beth Janicek | August 02, 2007 9:53 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeResearchers have found that many patients are not getting treatments to prevent blood clots. Blood clots can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated and hospital patients are at an especially high risk of developing them. A study shows that less than half of the patients receive drug therapy to prevent blood clots. Short hospital stays greatly increase chances of developing a blood...
- Beth Janicek | August 01, 2007 10:33 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA study shows that patients taking Avandia or Actos have twice the risk of developing heart failure compared to people not on the popular medications.Meaning one out of every 50 patients with type 2 diabetes taking these drugs will develop heart failure within 26 months. More that 3 million patients are taking these drugs in America. 25% of patients under the age of 60 developed heart...