Recent Posts in Medication Injury Category
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Posted on Mar 31, 2014
A Newport, California doctor has reportedly been accused of two prescription drug overdose deaths. According to reports, the state Medical Board is now seeking to suspend or revoke his license after ...
Posted on Sep 6, 2013
As reported by the Lake Wylie Pilot a medical malpractice lawsuit has been settled and the family of a woman that died, due to two misplaced breathing tubes inserted during a routine out-patient ...
Posted on Jul 11, 2013
A man and woman in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area have reportedly filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against anesthesiologist Dr. Ruth Barron Hyde alleging that the doctor administered an ...
Posted on Jun 14, 2013
A pharmacy is reportedly being sued over a prescription mix-up. According to reports, a resident is suing as he claims the pharmacy erroneously filled his prescription for a drug to ward off sleep ...
Posted on Jun 5, 2013
Parents in the New York area are accusing Pfizer of concealing risks of birth defects to infants from Zoloft when mothers took it during pregnancy. According to reports, the babies would suffer ...
Posted on Jan 29, 2013
It is being reported that medication errors are rarely being reported to the patients involved. According to reports, patients in the intensive care unit are even less likely to be informed about ...
Posted on Dec 16, 2012
A new hospital in the San Diego County, California area is reportedly working to prevent medication errors. According to reports, the hospital is computerizing the prescription drug process as much as ...
Posted on Apr 26, 2012
A woman that suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 2006, which her physician had mistakenly diagnosed as a migraine, has been awarded $3.9 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, as reported by the ...
Posted on Apr 24, 2012
From Bangor Maine's Daily News is the report of a woman that sustained brain damage after the methadone her doctor prescribed caused her to stop breathing during her sleep, and that she has been ...
Posted on Apr 15, 2012
A mother is reportedly filing a medical malpractice lawsuit as she claims that her baby was born with a penile birth defect because she was on the epilepsy drug Depakote while she was pregnant. ...
Posted on Apr 14, 2012
A medical malpractice lawsuit that has recently been filed is reportedly connected to a narcotics overdose. According to reports, the daughter of a woman who overdosed on narcotics is suing the doctor ...
Posted on Mar 23, 2012
It is being reported that a diabetic patient at a hospital recently suffered a situation where his insulin treatment was not adequate while receiving care. According to reports, the man suffered a ...
Posted on Feb 9, 2012
A pharmacy is reportedly facing criminal charges in regard to three deaths. According to reports, the pharmacy allegedly shipped a medication used for gout to a medical center. Three patients who ...
Posted on Feb 2, 2012
Apparently it is being reported that there is a high number of dosing errors that allegedly occur with IV acetaminophen in regard to children. According to reports, the overdosing occurs a lot with ...
Posted on Jan 11, 2012
It is being reported that about half of home care patients end up suffering from drug errors. According to reports, new electronic medication management systems are being developed in order to prevent ...
Posted on Jan 6, 2012
Mediation has been ordered in regard to the mass tort matter involving YAZ. According to reports, the court is requiring mediation as there are thousands of cases involved in this medical malpractice ...
Posted on Dec 21, 2011
A toddler in the Ft. Belvoir, Virginia area has reportedly received a chemo overdose while at a military hospital. According to reports, the girl suffers from leukemia and is involved in a three-week ...
Posted on Dec 20, 2011
A medication error at Kaiser Foundation Hospital South San Francisco has reportedly affected thousands of patients over three years. According to reports, the patients received vaccines and ...
Posted on Dec 18, 2011
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has reportedly been fined by the California Department of Public Health. According to reports, the hospital is being fined about $50,000 after being in violation ...
Posted on Dec 15, 2011
A nurse has reportedly been accused by a Florida man's family for giving him the incorrect medication. According to reports, he reportedly gave him a deadly dose of a drug that induces paralysis ...
Posted on Dec 11, 2011
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital has reportedly been fined for giving a patient an overdose of an antibiotic that led to renal failure. According to reports, the hospital ended up being fined ...
Posted on Dec 7, 2011
Maricopa County will be paying $4 million to the family of a former navy SEAL, who, after being injured by flying shrapnel entering his brain that caused blindness and disfigurement, died in a ...
Posted on Nov 28, 2011
A patient that had his stomach upset following a session of dialysis was given a drug that induced paralysis instead of the prescribed antacid, which then induced a cardiac arrest and later, his ...
Posted on Nov 1, 2011
A child in the Brooklyn, New York area has reportedly died as the result of an accidental overdose at a hospital. According to reports, the child was there for a fever when he was hooked up to an IV ...
Posted on Sep 1, 2011
A hospital in the Alameda, California area has reportedly been cited and fined for medical errors. According to reports, the report claims that some patients had been improperly administered pain ...
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