Posts tagged hospital

• Medical scan dye may damage the thyroid gland, cause hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism

  Paul Napoli | January 25, 2012 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new study has found that iodine-based radiographic dye that doctors use to increase contrast during medical scans can damage the thyroid gland in some patients. Every year, millions of...

• Man dies from hospital medication error, receives execution drug instead of antacid

  Paul Napoli | November 20, 2011 9:51 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  November 20, 2011 A family is grieving after a nurse at a South Florida hospital allegedly gave their loved one the wrong medication, causing his death. Local10.com reports that North...

• "Formal silverware" and the State of New York's duty to its psychiatric patients

  Edward Nitkewicz | September 13, 2011 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsLong Island, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In what a Court of Claims Judge ruled a specious defense claim, the State of New York argued that its duty to account for knives in its psychiatric hospitals should extend to silverware and not...

• Hospitals and "the Fear of Flying"

  Edward Nitkewicz | August 11, 2011 6:47 PM | 2 CommentsLong Island, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Aerophobia is the fear of flying and ultimately, of dying in an airplane crash. Last month, the World Health Organization announced that going into hospital is far risker than flying. Millions of...

• Too Much Blood Taken for Hospital Tests Can Cause Anemia, Increasing Risk of Complications and Death

  Paul Napoli | August 10, 2011 2:19 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  August 9, 2011 A new study has found that if hospitals draw too much blood for diagnostic testing from patients admitted for heart attacks, they place those patients at risk for hospital-acquired...

• Toddler Dies after Circumcision at Manhattan Hospital

  Paul Napoli | May 06, 2011 4:10 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  May 6, 2011 A routine circumcision procedure on a toddler at a New York City hospital has left the child dead and the family wondering what happened. The parents of Jamaal Coleson Jr., of...

• Nine Patients Dead after Receiving Contaminated IV Bags

  Paul Napoli | March 30, 2011 4:12 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  March 29, 2011 Nine patients in Alabama hospitals have died after receiving treatment with intravenous feeding bags contaminated with bacteria, reports AOL News. The Alabama Department of Public...

• Brooklyn Hospital Exposed Babies to Unnecessary Radiation

  Paul Napoli | March 01, 2011 1:57 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  February 28, 2011 Technicians at a New York hospital improperly X-rayed premature babies, exposing their whole bodies to dangerous radiation, reports The New York Times. The radiology department...

• Unheard and Ignored Hospital Patient Alarms Lead to Unnecessary Deaths

  Paul Napoli | February 20, 2011 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  February 18, 2011 A news investigation has found that hundreds of patients have died in hospitals when the alarm on their monitoring equipment went unheard or unheeded. Hospitals use a number of...

• Hospital Transplants Kidney into Wrong Patient

  Paul Napoli | February 17, 2011 10:08 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  February 17, 2011 Doctors at a California hospital transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient last month, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, USC University Hospital in Los...