In 2008, Ellen Wadsworth woke up Thanksgiving morning with torturous pain in both of her feet. After arriving at a Georgia hospital, the doctor’s assistant claimed she had a skin infection called cellulitis and denied the diabetic woman entry to the hospital. Even after the woman and her son pleaded with medical staff for admittance to the hospital, they refused and told her to go home and ice one of her legs. Around midnight, the 61-year-old was found by her son, unconscious. He raced his mother back to the ER. It was then that doctors noticed blocked arteries in both
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Medical Malpractice: Amputated Legs
12 April 2013 by jacksonwhite | medical injury, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Unnecessary Procedure | No Comments14,000 Injected with Fungal Meningitis Contamined Steroids
21 November 2012 by jacksonwhite | hospital infection, medical injury, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Product Liability, Wrongful Death | No CommentsThe New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts is facing numerous lawsuits after distributing steroid injections that were contaminated with fungal meningitis. Nearly 14,000 people were injected with the contaminated product, but so far only 280 people have filed lawsuits against the company. Attorneys representing the victims in this case expect the number of lawsuits to reach somewhere in the thousands. A total of 28 victims have died from the contaminated steroid injection that was distributed across 16 states. The victims’ attorneys are also looking to file lawsuits against the clinics that administered the steroid injections. The problem with filing a
Diabetic Woman Denied Insulin in Jail Dies Two Days Later
14 November 2012 by jacksonwhite | Lack of Supervision, medical injury, Medical Negligence, Negligence, Wrongful Death | No CommentsThe family of Deborah Braillard has been fighting in court for seven years over her death in a Maricopa County Jail. Braillard’s family filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other city official for gross medical negligence. According to the lawsuit, Braillard was denied insulin for more than two days. When she was finally taken to a hospital, she died. A jury has been deliberating a proper settlement, but they haven’t reached an agreement yet. In addition to the disagreement, protestors from Citizens for a Better Arizona have disrupted the settlement according to a jury supervisor. The family has
Hospital-Acquired Infections are More Common than People Think, and More Common than They Should Be
18 May 2012 by jacksonwhite | hospital infection, medical injury, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Negligence | No CommentsOne might consider it ironic to contract an infection during a hospital visit, but it happens far more often than it should in hospitals across the United States. Healthcare-associated infections are infections that were not present at the time of admission to a healthcare facility. While most become evident after 48 hours of hospitalization, a hospital-acquired infection may wait until after the patient is discharged to show its symptoms. 1 in 20 patients contract an infection during their hospital stay, and these infections rank as a top 10 cause of death in the US.
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