Medical Malpractice

• Patients Sickened By Bacteria Contaminated Shots

  Beth Janicek | January 25, 2008 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  In Chicago, five people have filed lawsuits against Sierra Pre-Filled. The company makes pre-filled syringes. The syringes are made to flush catheters and IV lines. The plaintiffs all had to be hospitalized for several days because of the bacteria.The Food and Drug Administration and the company has recalled pre-filled syringes because the bacteria Serratia marcescens. The bacterial...

• Antidepressant Drug Trials

  Beth Janicek | January 22, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Drug trials which were never published regarding antidepressants like Paxil and Prozac have misled consumers regarding their effectiveness. A recent article from The New England Journal of Medicine found in published trials about 60 percent of people taking the antidepressents report significant relief from depression, compared with roughly 40 percent of those on placebo pills. However...

• Paramedic Negligent in Checking Vital Signs

  Beth Janicek | January 10, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The San Antonio Fire Chief admitted in an interview on Tuesday that paramedic did not check for vital signs on Erica Nicole Smith.Ms. Smith was deemed dead by a paramedic that responded to a head-on collision in December, 2007. She had severe head injuries and remained inside her Honda for over an hour before the medical examiner came to the scene and discovered her breathing. She was finally...

• Doctors Do Not Always Reports Other Doctors Mistakes

  Beth Janicek | December 20, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  According to a new study by Massachusetts General Hospital nearly half of doctors are likely to protect their colleagues. The doctors will see or know that another doctor has made a medical mistake and will not report their findings. The study, released Monday, reveals that 46 percent of doctors admitted to not reporting a serious medical error they had witnessed. Likewise, 45 percent admitted...

• EMS Mistakenly Declare Women Dead

  Jenny Albano | December 17, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On Sunday, December 16, a drunk driver hit another vehicle in San Antonio and injured all three passengers. Medical personnel originally thought one of the passengers, Erica Smith, had been killed by the accident.Jenny Ybarra was driving drunk the wrong way down the road when she collided with Smith's vehicle. Ybarra has been charged with three counts of intoxication assault, and the charges...

• Vioxx Maker To Pay $4.85 Billion

  Beth Janicek | November 09, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  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...

• Family gets $26M in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Beth Janicek | October 16, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Jose Bejarano has brain damage due to a botched delivery at a Boston teaching hospital. The family sued due to the doctors' negligence. The boy has brain damage and will never walk or talk. The jury awarded $26.5 million to the family. Mr. and Mrs. Bejarano said that money will allow them to continue Jose's care at home. Jose uses a wheelchair, eats through a feeding tube and cannot care for...

• Texans for Lawsuit Reform Supporters

  Beth Janicek | October 08, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Texans for Lawsuit Reform(TLR) is a business group that spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to bash plaintiffs' lawyers and win restrictions on judgments against physicians and other defendants.A retired orthopedic surgeon, Forney Fleming, was eager to help TLR bash plaintiffs' lawyers especially those who targeted doctors. Dr. Fleming was quoted as saying, "I was practicing in a 'judicial...

• Nurse Aides Blacklisted by Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services

  Beth Janicek | September 27, 2007 3:57 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  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...

• San Antonio Nurses Come Forward About Understaffing and Unsafe Conditions

  Beth Janicek | August 30, 2007 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  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...