The birth of a child is always a joyous occasion for any parent or family. However, it is also seen that due to doctors’ errors during the birthing process, either the mother or child or both have been negatively affected, resulting in irreparable harm and injury.
With the global diabetic population growing by leaps and bounds every day, it is the principal responsibility of all practicing diabetologists to educate and effectively treat their patients and to save them from this “silent killer.” Diabetes indeed kills silently. In many cases it is even seen that the disease shows no apparent symptoms.
Ever heard of the term gossypiboma? Probably not if you haven’t undergone a surgery where your surgeon left a sponge inside your body after closing up. Sponges aren’t the only thing that surgeons leave behind by mistake in their patient’s bodies. Scalpels, needles, forceps, clamps, suction tips, mops, scissors and tubes too, have been known to be left behind.
The malpractice angle
Sure this is an act of gross error or negligence that can jeopardize a patient’s life if severe post-operative infection sets in due to the presence of a foreign body.
It is a critical duty of the entire surgical team to take a
When the lens of your eye starts clouding over, you are said to be suffering from cataract. The condition leads to gradual vision loss over a long span of time.
Removal of the gallbladder or the surgical procedure called cholecystectomy is all too common the world over. With recent advances in laparoscopic surgery moreover, a gallbladder operation may be performed in an hour’s time and the patient is free to resume normal duties within a week.
Traumatic injuries to the brain are common, particularly due to high traffic accident rates in big cities, construction, and excavation sites where trauma to the brain is caused by external forces or due to prolonged oxygen deprivation to it. Any such injury can be basis for personal injury claim. Statistics from the CDC show that the brain injury population in the US is in excess of 1.7 million annually, and is more commonly seen in the pediatric or geriatric age groups. Unfortunately, this type of injury can have severe and long lasting consequences or may even cause death. Reasons for brain injuries A traumatic head
New York City workers’ compensation lawyers represent workers and their families in the aftermath of on-the-job accidents that cause injuries. When a worker is hurt on-the-job or is killed, this can have a devastating personal and financial impact on the employee and his loved ones. Many workers never fully recover from being hurt, and families are shattered forever due to fatal injuries. Prevention of these tragic incidents is vital to spare families from this unfortunate fate, but unfortunately not nearly enough is being done to keep workers safe from harm. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is entrusted with the responsibility of making and
Families of New York residents suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia may want to take heed of findings showing the prevalence of doctor misdiagnosis. Treatments are few and many are still experimental, but a study’s authors state that the future treatments will likely be very specific to the type of dementia. Findings show that in the best of situations, nearly a quarter of total Alzheimer’s prevalence was misdiagnosed as either false negative or false positive. The presence of psychosis was a leading factor in a failure to diagnose correctly.
New York City wrongful death lawyers represent families in the devastating aftermath of fatal auto accidents. Attorneys provide help to families in recovering compensation for the wrongful death, including economic and non-financial loss. This compensation can be obtained from those who caused the fatal collision to happen. Unfortunately, when a loved one has been lost in a car crash, there is no way that victim or his surviving family can ever truly be made whole again. Prevention of fatal accidents is of vital importance to spare more families the pain of a collision-related death. The Independent suggests that simple redesigns of roadways could make a
Demolition accidents are all too common, particularly in large metropolitan cities and you could find yourself as a victim of one any day, anytime. You may be walking past a demolition site, albeit at a safe distance, only to suddenly find a falling brick landing on your head, resulting in a severe concussion, temporary or permanent disability, or perhaps even death due to irreversible neurological damage. Then your family or a close friend will have to make the tough call for you and call up a legal pro. Even though controlled demolition is a process involving dedicated professionals from various fields of engineering, the risk
