Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Dennis Quaid tells 60 Minutes About Near Fatal Heparin Overdose of Twin Children

  David Mittleman | March 17, 2008 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Dennis Quaid appeared on 60 Minutes on March 16, 2008, to talk about the near death of his twin children who were given a dose of heparin one thousand (1000) times greater than they should have received. Quaid's children were in the hospital being treated for a staph infection when they were given ten thousand (10,000) units of heparin, rather than the ten (10) units they were supposed to...

• Jury Finds Doctors Not Negligent In Treatment of John Ritter

  David Mittleman | March 14, 2008 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A jury in California returned a verdict in favor of two doctors, a radiologist and cardiologist, who provided treatment to John Ritter prior to his death. John Ritter died in 2003 following a torn aorta while filming a television show. The lawsuit alleged the torn aorta should have been discovered prior to his death during a radiological exam. Additionally, a claim was made against the...

• FDA Announces Heparin Recall

  David Mittleman | March 08, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Late last month the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the drug manufacturer Baxter International would be recalling all of its remaining Heparin products. Earlier in February, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory warning doctors and other health care providers not to use Baxter Heparin products. According to the FDA, there have been hundreds of reports of serious side...

• Vacuum extractor assisted vaginal delivery can cause birth trauma

  David Mittleman | January 29, 2008 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A vacuum extractor may be used by a physician to enhance delivery of a baby's head in a vaginal delivery. However, the doctor attempting to use the extractor must be prepared to abandon the procedure when it is not working, according to operational guidelines for use as noted by the manufacturers instructions.The FDA in may of 1998 issued a public health advisory titled "Need For Caution When...

• Doctors compound medical errors by not admitting mistakes

  David Mittleman | January 18, 2008 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  No one likes admitting they made a mistake, no matter what it is about. According to a recent study, doctors are just like everyone else in this regard. Except the problem is, when a doctor makes a mistake people can die. Mistakes in medical treatment by doctors are only serious when there is a failure to acknowledge that a mistake was made. This deprives the medical community of an...

• Detroit Man Found Frozen to Death

  Larry Buckfire | January 06, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

• Faulty Defibrillators Recalled Due To Potentially Fatal Problem

  David Mittleman | January 04, 2008 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  On October 16, 2007, Medtronic issued a recall of approximately 268,000 Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads. The reason for the recall is that after 30 months, the Sprint Fidelis leads had a fracture rate that was about twice as high as the previous model, the Sprint Quatro. Fractured leads can result in repeated unnecessary shocks, or worse -- failure to detect a potentially fatal Cardiac...

• Denial of transplant by health insurance company leads to death

  Devon Glass | December 21, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17 year old California resident, passed away on December 20, 2007, due to liver failure. She developed liver complications while recovering from a bone marrow transplant. The most remarkable part of this story is that her health insurance company, CIGNA, reversed a decision to pay for a liver transplant only hours before she passed away.Nataline's doctors wrote to CIGNA...

• Cerebral palsy and it's relation to prenatal development and delivery complications

  David Mittleman | December 21, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In the United States, it is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million people have cerebral palsy, with an annual diagnosis rate of approximately 10,000. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that causes a defect in the ability of a persons brain to control their muscle movement. There are three general categories of cerebral palsy: spastic, ataxic, and athetoid/dyskinetic. While there is no one...

• Michigan Court of Appeals Allows Woman to Sue Hospital for Negligence

  Chrissie Cole | November 28, 2007 1:52 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Van Buren County court decision to dismiss a hospital liability suit filed by a woman who had a sponge left inside her during an appendectomy, was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals.In June 2004, the woman had surgery at South Haven Community Hospital. A count of surgical sponges used during the procedure came up short. An x-ray the following day displayed no foreign objects and she...