What You need to Know about Gall Bladder Surgery Errors in Medical Malpractice
Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery is performed on around 750,000 patients every year. This surgery is slowly gaining some substantial precedence over other traditional, open procedures mainly because the recovery time is much less. Patients are usually discharged either on the same day or within a day or two.
New initiative aims to improve care for New York mothers
According to a report from the United Nations and World Health Organization, the United States ranks 47th out of 180 countries in infant mortality. It is estimated that two to three women die each day in the U.S. from complications during their pregnancy. However, these numbers are helping to spur changes in the way that care is provided during pregnancy.
What to do in the Event of a Failed Cataract Surgery
What to do in the Event of a Failed Cataract Surgery
Woman sues hospital over surgical sponge
New York residents may have heard about a medical malpractice case that originated when a surgeon performed a hysterectomy on a woman at a hospital in Southern California in 2007. After experiencing problems shortly thereafter, she returned to the hospital, where her symptoms were dismissed as severe constipation. This was the first of several visits to the hospital over the next few years.
What to do if Your Child has been Injured in a School Bus Accident
Millions of children in the United States arrive to school by a school bus. There are about 17,000 school bus accident related injuries that are reported each year in the United States of America. These accidents endanger the well-being and lives of children riding the school buses. There are some kids who will recuperate quickly […]
Aspects to Consider When You are a Pedestrian Accident Victim
Being hit by a car can be quite a traumatic experience and while a personal injury lawsuit might be the furthest thing on your mind, you can stand to gain a significant amount of compensation, especially if the driver was negligent, and you have suffered injuries. Here are some things you need to know when […]
Flushing Bus Accident Injures 10 – Personal Injury Lawsuits may Certainly Follow
A Q10 MTA bus traveling on Northern Boulevard in Flushing was hit by a van on its side injuring 10, four of them critically and five seriously. The bus had no passengers and its driver was injured, while the nine others injured were travelling in the van. All the injured were taken to the New […]
Killed by School Bus in Upper East Side, Woman’s Family Seeks Pedestrian Accident Compensation
Police officials said that a woman, who has not yet been identified died after being hit by a school bus as she was crossing Second Avenue near E. 93 Street. According to witnesses the driver of the bus that was carrying six children was trying to cross at a yellow light before it turned red. […]
Does the type of health insurance impact surgical care?
A doctor’s duty of care should not be affected by the type of health care insurance or benefits that a patient has. Yet according to a recent study, Medicaid surgical patients may fare worse than other surgery patients.
Report explores potential causes of neurological birth injuries
Conventional wisdom may assume that a brain injury in a newborn is most typically caused by oxygen deprivation during labor.