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Nurse aides blacklisted by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services continue to get certified to work by the same agency. The complaints include abuse and stealing money from elderly patients. "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that this occurs despite the aides being listed among 680 caregivers the state wants to keep out of its regulated facilities." Apparently, the...

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Last 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...

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The 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....

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Researchers 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...

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A 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...

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A jury awarded $5.5 million to the estate of Adam Hendelson. Mr. Hendelson died from an overdose of a painkiller patch, fentanyl. Adam Henderlson was in a car accident in 1996 that shattered his hip. Due to constant pain, he was prescribed a prescription pain patch called Duragesic. In Deccember 2003, Mr. Hendelson was found passed out while wearing a 75-microgram patch and never woke up...

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In 2003, Texas limited how much a patient could win in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The limit for an injured patient is $250,000 on non economic damages. Doctors have seen their costs for liability insurance fall but there is not a savings going to Texas consumers. Additionally, there is a 50 percent increase in doctors applying to practice in Texas. Attorneys representing injured patients...

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On June 6, 2007, West Virginia's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could challenge the constitutionality of medical malpractice reform law.The malpractice case was brought by Mason County Dr. Danny R. Westmoreland against Point Pleasant urologist Shrikant K. Vaidya.The suit was dismissed in October, 2006 when the judge ruled that Plaintiff failed to follow the requirements of the...

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Edith Isabel Rodriguez went to Martin Luther King Jr. - Harbor Hospital on May 9, 2006. She was vomiting blood and writhing in pain for 45 minutes in the waiting area of the emergency room. Ms. Rodriguez died of a perforated bowel and her death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Experts have testified Ms. Rodriguez could have survived had she been treated. Edith...

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Lawmakers in several states are now considering laws that would allow physicians to apologize and not fear that their words will be used against them in court. The laws would remove health care providers' apologies, expressions of sympathy, condolences or a "general sense of benevolence" as admissions of liability in court.For example, Vermont law only exempts oral statements of regret or...

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A doctor from West Virginia has had a medical malpractice case filed against him that asks for reimbursement for over $200,000 in medical expenses. The man from Kanawha County man was a patient of Dr. Paul D. Kyer III for multiple surgeries the he claims have given him multiple health problems. According to the lawsuit, between May 24 and June 25, 2006, Christy claims he was treated improperly...

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C.B. Fleet Company is the maker of Fleet Phospho-soda and is one of the best-selling bowel cleansing products in the world. Lora Joyce Goza, Plaintiff in this case, went to Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas in May of 2005 for a routine cancer screening colonoscopy. She took Fleets Phospho-Soda Bowel Prep solution, as part of the prep for this procedure. The Phospho-Soda combined with...

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A family sued a Baltimore Obstetrician for medical malpractice for injuries their son received during labor and delivery and was awarded $8.1 Million by the jury. Their son was born in 2003 and suffered brain damage. The family claims the doctor used an unsafe technique to extract the baby. The child passed away a year later from his injuries.Mercy - where Julian has medical privileges -...

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Many hospitals and healthcare facilities offer Patient Controlled Analgesics (PCAs), which are ways for patients to administer and manage their own pain medication. Most of these patients are not aware of the dangers of narcotic overdose that may accompany PCAs.One nurse reports that the information available to patients about PCAs is misleading and unreliable. Thomas A. Sharon, R.N., M.P.H....

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A recent report revealed that medication errors are most likely to occur during or after surgery."Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today. The report, the largest examination of medication errors before, during and after surgery, found that operations are among the riskiest...

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