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No cure means doc’s fault for sure
September 27, 2018
Road accidents often lead to traumatic experience for the sufferer. Sometimes, even the doctors are not spared of the suffering, as this case shows.
No cure means doc’s fault for sure
September 27, 2018
Road accidents often lead to traumatic experience for the sufferer. Sometimes, even the doctors are not spared of the suffering, as this case shows.
Mum loses ‘perfect’ baby after hospital cancels C-section
September 21, 2018
Schofields, Australia – 31st July, 2018: A young mother has told of her devastation at losing her "perfect" baby after a major Sydney hospital cancelled her planned C-section.
Paige Scott is preparing to take legal action against Westmead Hospital over the loss of her son Hudson, whose twin sister Tahlee survived the eventual birth.
Doctors do not diagnose serious ailment – Patient dies
September 20, 2018
Cases of doctors starting the treatment without confirming diagnoses are surfacing at a worrying regularity. In most such cases, if not all, the treating doctors / hospitals are held guilty which also makes headlines. Yet, the reason for this rising trend is as baffling as this case.
A Fear of Lawsuits Really Does Seem to Result in Extra Medical Tests
September 20, 2018
US – 23rd July, 2018: Back in 2010, Tom Price, then a congressman, said he knew the chief reason health care cost so much: “Defensive medicine” was costing the United States $650 billion per year — about 26 percent of every dollar spent.
The widely dismissed estimate from Dr. Price, an orthopedic surgeon who went on to become President Trump’s health and human services secretary before resigning last fall, was memorable for its magnitude.
Doctors do not diagnose serious ailment – Patient dies
September 20, 2018
Cases of doctors starting the treatment without confirming diagnoses are surfacing at a worrying regularity. In most such cases, if not all, the treating doctors / hospitals are held guilty which also makes headlines. Yet, the reason for this rising trend is as baffling as this case.
Toronto neurologist’s groin exams left female patients ‘deeply disturbed’
September 19, 2018
Toronto, Canada – 11th August, 2018: A renowned Toronto neurologist vowed to never practise medicine again after admitting at a College of Physicians discipline hearing that he committed professional misconduct against two female patients who were “deeply disturbed” by his actions.
Dr. Ayoob Mossanen, now 80, has assured the college he won’t practise again here in Ontario or anywhere else, said college prosecutor Amy Block.
Doctor Assaulted In Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital
September 18, 2018
Jerusalem, Israel – 9th August, 2018: There was another assault reported against medical personnel in Israel, this time in Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night, when a 20-year-old patient attacked a doctor who was treating him in the emergency room. The patient’s dad joined in, and the two were attacking the doctor, choking him around his neck. B’chasdei Hashem the event did not end with serious injuries, and police arrived and the two were taken into custody.
Patient’s hope of compensation dies with the doctor
September 17, 2018
In a case of medical negligence, if the doctor is held negligent but dies before the closure of the case, does the patient get any relief? Do the courts have the right to attach the doctor’s properties to compensate the patient? Read on to know.
Probe into possible negligence over girl’s death
September 17, 2018
Cyprus – 8th August, 2018: Police on Wednesday said they were investigating the death earlier in the week of an eight-year-old girl at the Limassol general hospital, including possible medical negligence.
The girl died early on Monday. She was rushed to the Limassol hospital’s A&E department late Sunday afternoon by her parents with a high fever but then taken home by her mother – who reportedly feared she could not pay for the treatment – and against advice of the staff.
