September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in New York as well as across the country and around the world. The purpose of this annual event is to provide parents and caregivers with information about the different types of cancers that children can contract as well as to raise funds for research and support.
When aging loved ones in New York require consistent care, it is a common practice for their family members to place them into a long-term care facility, such as a nursing home. While most nursing homes are professionally run, the unfortunate reality is that some facilities have low standards of patient care, or even a history of negligence and abuse. In the past, standard arbitration clauses in facility contracts made it difficult for families to hold a nursing home or negligent nurse accountable for their negative behavior.
Most people are familiar with the Hippocratic Oath by which all doctors and medical professionals live. But a doctor’s duty to make the best judgments possible and to do no harm is often mired by the looming threat that if they fail to meet these expectations, they could face litigation as a result.
Every parent hopes that their child will be born happy and healthy. Unfortunately, when mistakes are made in the delivery room or a member of the hospital staff misses a warning sign, children and mothers can suffer serious injuries that can require everything from extensive medical treatment to long-term care.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (October 16, 2016) A baby has died in a tragic elevator accident after her stroller plunged down an elevator shaft, according to abc news. The accident happened after the doors to the elevator opened and the woman stepped through only to realize that the elevator was below. The woman and her infant child were rushed to the Cooney Island Hospital, but the baby could not be saved. Investigators rushed to the scene in order to inspect whether or not the elevator was functioning properly. A report indicated that the elevator passed an inspection that happens once every five years. A resident of
WATERFORD, NEW YORK (October 16, 2016) A teenage native of Waterfield has been the most recent fatality of a deadly four- way car accident that occurred in Latham New York. The four way car crash that occurred near the Miller Road Miller Road overpass around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. This deadly collision also took the life of 18-year- old Paige Ahearn a recent high school graduate of Waterford High School. A recent investigation revealed that the alcohol and human error are to blame. Jessica A. Bellerose, 41, of Troy, was headed eastbound on State Route 7 when she collided with Melanie J. Curtis, 38, who was
Neurologists in New York must consider symptoms and neural imagining in order to accurately diagnose dementia diseases. Alzheimer’s disease is often presumed to be present in people exhibiting changes in behavior, language, motor skills and personality, but frontotemporal lobar degeneration and primary progressive aphasias represent two diseases that could also cause these problems.
The BMJ has published a study indicating that medical errors result in between 200,000 and 400,000 deaths annually across the United States. The BMJ estimate took into account diagnostic errors, communications breakdowns, systems failures, inadequate skill and poor judgment. The focus of the study was fatalities that occur secondary to a medical error, and many occurred in New York.
BREAKING SYSTEM MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRASH HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY (October 10, 2016) One person was killed and at least 100 people were injured when a commuter train crashed through a number of barriers at a train station, according to NJ.com Authorities are still working to determine the source of the crash. The NTSB has said that the train appears to have been traveling at least twice the legally allowed speed. A piece of concrete hit one woman in the head and killed her. The scene of the accident was chaotic. The roof of the terminal was partially caved in and rescue workers helped usher
New York patients may be interested in the results of a study that found that men and women encounter different safety issues in medical situations. For example, women are more likely to have adverse reactions to drugs that they have been administered, ranging from rashes to low blood pressure to changes in their mental state. Men are more likely to get abrasions and cuts.
