Woman sues doctor for liposuction trickery
When a patient trusts a doctor, he or she places his or her life in the physician’s hands. A patient hopes that the doctor will exercise due diligence and inform the patient of any important information. However, this does not always happen. When it does not, this may present the potential for a medical malpractice suit.
Will new initiative cut down on medical malpractice claims?
People in New York City go to the hospital expecting that they will feel better when they leave. However, mistakes made by physicians and other medical professionals can leave patients with further complications. In the past, physicians routinely refused to acknowledge when errors were made and often never apologized. However, a new initiative could change that going forward.
Woman who sought medical treatment later died in police custody
If people in New York City and beyond cannot rely on doctors to properly diagnose and treat them, then who are they suppose to turn to? One family is questioning whether a hospital is guilty of medical malpractice for turning a woman away who later died in police custody.
Victim of medical malpractice awarded $22 million
People in New York City and elsewhere expect that their physician’s will provide them with appropriate treatment. But what if your doctor ordered a procedure that later left you paralyzed? That’s what happened to one woman.
Couple awarded $2.9 million for hospital’s failure to diagnose
People in New York City and beyond rely on their doctors to give them a proper diagnosis. The same goes for their unborn children. Recently, one family was awarded $2.9 million from a hospital after they failed to diagnose a couple’s baby with a life-changing condition.
Brooklyn hospital accused of negligence in more than 100 lawsuits
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn is facing more than 100 medical malpractice lawsuits. Among the 100 lawsuits, about 12 patients are believed to have died due to the hospital’s negligence.
Second patient dies under dentist’s care
When people go to the doctor or dentist in New York for routine procedures, they assume they will leave the office without harm. However, the family of a three-year-old boy is left wondering what went so terribly wrong after the young boy died getting cavities filled.
Second opinions could help save lives
Receiving proper medical treatment in a timely manner is of utmost importance to patients. However, that does not always happen.
Hospital must pay $178 million for delayed diagnosis
When people are left with debilitating injuries in New York City and beyond due to errors made by physicians and other hospital staff, those professionals should be held accountable. One man who suffered injuries because of a delayed diagnosis just now received the justice he was looking for after a doctor’s errors put him in a wheelchair, unable to see or speak.
Doctor’s failure to diagnose may have contributed to man’s death
When physicians fail to properly diagnose a patient, injury or even death can occur. That may have been the case for one man who died suddenly from a heart attack one year ago at the age of 50.