Posts tagged medical negligence

• Patient Suffers a Retained Object After Surgery and Pharmacy Error

  Ed Normand | August 18, 2011 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Nelson Bailey experienced a nagging digestive disorder that flared up three times and caused him abdominal discomfort. A doctor examined and performed elective surgery on Bailey, and then released...

• Tourist Golfer Dies In an Orlando Hospital Because of Doctor Negligence

  Ed Normand | August 16, 2011 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Harold Hick’s annual golf vacation to Orlando turned into a tragedy after a trip to a local hospital. Fit and active, the golfer and tireless community volunteer, Hicks was dead at 67. Barbara...

• Surgeon Uses Caulk Injections for Butt Enhancement Procedure

  Ed Normand | March 11, 2010 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We all get a little down now and then about our appearance and shape, especially in the buttocks. You know it sometimes gets a bit saggy and droopy and we want better. Some folks hire a personal...

• Officials Find "Total Collapse" of Care at Local Assisted Living Facility

  Sandy Grinnell | November 17, 2009 5:21 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  According to the Orlando Sentinel, after seven complaints, officials from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration inspected an Emeritus Properties' assisted living facility called...

• 30 Preventable Medical Mistakes

  Ed Normand | September 23, 2008 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  30 common but preventable medical mistakes: 1. Prescribing the wrong dosage of medication 2. Prescribing the wrong medication 3. Providing medications not prescribed 4. ...

• Pharmacy Board Administers Slap on the Wrist in Death Case

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 17, 2008 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This week the Board of Pharmacy of the Florida Department of Health fined pharmacist Edna Irizarry $1000 and required her to attend an 8 hour continuing education course for her role in causing the...