Posts tagged malpractice

• NJ dentist under investigation after second child dies during dental work

  Paul Napoli | February 17, 2012 2:33 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A dentist on probation for the death of a child during dental care is facing investigation after a second child has died. Dr. Patrick Bamgboye, a 64-year-old dentist with Dental Health...

• Allergan stops selling Lap-Band to 1-800-GET-THIN doctors

  Paul Napoli | February 08, 2012 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Allergan Inc., maker of the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System, has announced it will no longer sell the weight loss device to troubled California surgical centers affiliated with the...

• 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...

• Government Shuts Down Public Access to Physician’s Discipline and Malpractice Database

  Paul Napoli | November 06, 2011 9:39 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  November 6, 2011 A government health agency has revoked the public’s access to a database of healthcare practitioner’s malpractice and other negative history, even though its records...

• 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...

• 5-Year-Old Girl Dies from Local Anesthesia Overdose at Urgent Care Clinic

  Paul Napoli | August 02, 2011 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  August 2, 2011 A coroner has found that an overdose of anesthesia caused the death little girl at an Atlanta area urgent care clinic. ABC News reports that the parents of 5-year-old Kensley Kirby...

• Doctor Loses License amid Accusations of Giving Patients Unnecessary Stents

  Paul Napoli | July 16, 2011 3:28 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  July 14, 2011 A Maryland medical licensing board has revoked the license of a doctor accused of implanting stents in patients who did not need them. The Maryland State Board of Physicians has...

• Inappropriate Angioplasties Generate $300 Million Yearly for Hospitals

  Paul Napoli | July 10, 2011 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  July 10, 2011 Authors of a new study estimate that each year as many as 15,000 patients in the United States undergo angioplasties that they do not need, costing $300 million dollars. Angioplasty,...

• Study Finds Patients Often Suffer Hospital Delay in Getting Emergency Heart Attack Procedure

  Paul Napoli | June 22, 2011 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  June 21, 2011 A new study shows that hospitals are failing to transfer patients who need emergency heart attack procedures to better-equipped hospitals within the recommended time. Researchers at...

• FDA Warns of Hundreds of Drug Mix Ups with Risperidone (Risperdal) and Ropinirole (Requip)

  Paul Napoli | June 15, 2011 9:23 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  June 15, 2011 Reports of medication mix-ups involving Risperidone (Risperdal) and Ropinirole (Requip) have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn doctors, pharmacists and...