Anesthesiologists must Carefully Monitor Anesthesia and Oxygen Levels during Surgeries
What is Spinal Anesthesia?
Failure to diagnose breast cancer can lead to worsened condition
When New York residents go to their doctors with concerns about the possibility of having breast cancer, being told that there is a clean bill of health is a relief. There are, however, times when the doctor makes a mistake and there is a failure to diagnose the disease. With cancer so prominent a problem, significant attention is dedicated to its treatment and trying to find a cure. Given the risks inherent with the disease, a failure to diagnose and delayed treatment might place the patient in a worsened condition.
Courts rule on uninsured physicians
New York patients may want to pay heed to a New Jersey Supreme Court case involving a physician who had no medical malpractice insurance. On Sept. 29, a 5-2 split decision decreed that practitioners lacking malpractice insurance to any degree are not to be disciplined by the courts, but by the state’s medical board instead. However, if the medical facility employing the insured physician failed to conduct an appropriate amount of due diligence before making the hire, it may be held liable.
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.
Retained Surgical Instruments (RSI) and Medical Malpractice
A common medical malpractice in the surgical field involved retained surgical instruments in the patient’s body after surgery. This act of negligence can result in critical complications for the patient, causing severe pain, infection, and/or death.
Organ Punction or Performation
New York Organ Punction or Performation Malpractice Causes of organ perforation When an organ’s wall gets completely penetrated during surgery, it is characterized as an organ perforation. Perforations are commonly the result of medical negligence and surgical errors, and may sometimes involve an equipment malfunction too. Other complications and pathological conditions in the body, diseases, […]
Nerve Injuries Due to Medical Malpractice
Medical Malpractice Causing Nerve Damage
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.
Administering the Wrong Medication to the Patient can Constitute Medical Negligence
Negligence while Prescribing Drugs
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.