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.
Few hospital errors are ever reported
Some 130,000 Medicare recipients were harmed in just one month due to errors made by hospital staff, according to a recent report.
Are electronic devices causing doctor errors?
Distracted driving causes many fatalities every year, but a new survey suggests that distracted doctors may also be putting their patient’s lives at risk.
Communication may be blamed for an increase in malpractice claims
Researchers at one New York institution have found that more physicians are facing medical malpractice lawsuits because of diagnostic factors.