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A Slip & Fall Accident in a Hospital

Patients could slip, fall, and injure themselves during their stay in a hospital. Falls are usually caused due to hazards in the walkways, improper maintenance of hospital surroundings, and wet floors that do no warn passers-by about dangers of slipping, among others. Sometimes falls can be a result of medical negligence, which may involve a lawsuit being filed by the injured person.

Seeking Help from Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Prescription Drug Malpractice

Medical malpractice on the part of health care providers often happens due to various reasons. Of all the medical malpractices prescription drug malpractice is more common. Damage due to prescription drug errors can range from curable health issues to death. Many individuals are often victim of prescription drug malpractice.

Medical Malpractice Claim for Spinal Cord Injuries in Surgery

Spinal cord injuries often happen due to a fall, accident, or due to medical negligence. Whatever the reason, spinal cord injury has the potential to leave victims in a miserable condition that forces them to bear medical expenses for the rest of their life. Based on this, it is very important for neurosurgeons to be highly cautious while performing the surgery and also provide best post-operative care to avoid spinal cord injuries.

Plastic surgery procedure gone wrong leads to homicide

New York Police Department officials think that a physician of questionable caliber fled to England after the death of a patient on May 30. A 34-year-old BET employee from Maryland traveled to Queens for silicone injections to her backside, but a homicide occurred as the cause of death was systemic silicone emboli because of the butt injections.

Medical Malpractice Involved in Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric bypass surgery is a medical procedure practiced to offer long term relief to sufferers of morbid obesity. Though a beneficial process it is associated with dangerous complications including death. Few patients may have to undergo repeated surgeries to correct the complications developed after initial surgery.

Steps to protect patients at risk of wandering

There is an increased risk of older and senior patients with various types of dementia wandering off from hospitals and special care facilities, putting them in danger of being injured. Assisted-living and other medical facilities in New York can implement four measures to protect and prevent at-risk patients from wandering.