- Courtney Mills | 2007-08-24T15:56:24 |
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A man has died a few weeks after his neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain.As an emergency operation at Rhode Island Hospital was underway to stanch bleeding in a patient's brain, Dr. Frederick Harrington's nurse practitioner allegedly neglected to record which side of his patient's head needed surgery. According to reports, when another nurse pointed out what required...
- Shannon Weidemann | 2007-05-14T23:19:27 |
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A medical malpractice case in Naples, Florida is close to finishing and being put before the jury. Melvin Dill is suing gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Marks for the death of his wife. The doctor performed a colonoscopy on Judith Dill, which resulted in complications that lead to her death. Dill, who lived at Citrus Park in Bonita Springs with her elderly blind father each winter, went to...
- Staff Writer | 2006-10-19T14:47:38 |
Category:
Medical Malpractice
A jury has awarded nearly $4 million to a man whose condition was only made worse by supposed corrective surgery. Brian Baslin, a former exterminator whose career has more than likely ended due to his injuries, underwent surgery at Maimonides Medical Center to correct a problem with blood flow to many vital organs, but the surgery didn't work, and a second procedure required a bypass because...