Posted on Mar. 4th, 2013 | in Brain Injuries, News
A mother is claiming that the failure to diagnose her daughter’s viral meningitis has now led to the girl being brain damaged. By bringing a lawsuit against the doctor, the woman says she hopes there will be more awareness concerning meningitis, and that doctors will be urged to perform more spinal taps if a patient… read more
Posted on Feb. 14th, 2013 | in Brain Injuries, News
There’s an interesting and somewhat disturbing story about how one particular doctor claims to have learned how to treat addiction by using a controversial procedure. The doctor also claims that the procedure can be used in helping individuals that have suffered concussions and head trauma. Former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar has even attested to the… read more
Posted on Jan. 28th, 2013 | in Brain Injuries, News
discipline these medical professionals. Even after large medical malpractice verdicts have been returned, doctors often retain their same positions and can be guilty of additional medical mistakes. One doctor reportedly had problems clearing a tracheotomy tube, and the deprivation of oxygen that came about due to this delay caused the patient brain damage. Another doctor… read more
Posted on Jan. 10th, 2013 | in Brain Injuries, News
It seems that a mother undergoing a Cesarean section received too much anesthesia that ultimately resulted in brain damage. After two hours of labor, the woman was given an epidural. It appears, however, that the epidural somehow became dislodged without the knowledge of the staff, and the medical providers then decided to administer spinal anesthesia… read more
Posted on Dec. 24th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
Medical malpractice cases often come down to a simple mistake. In a hospital in Canada, a woman undergoing treatment for Crohn’s disease, was apparently administered the wrong medicine that resulted in her suffering brain damage. This woman claims to have been given insulin instead of liquid Gravol, and this seems to have caused her to… read more
Posted on Nov. 29th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A Pennsylvania man with a history of heart disease was administered general anesthesia during cataract surgery and subsequently died. The eye doctor performing the surgery has now been sued for medical malpractice as a result of the man’s death. The allegations of the complaint suggest that the patient was a poor candidate for receiving this… read more
Posted on Nov. 12th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A doctor recently testified at a medical malpractice trial about the actions of another physician. That physician apparently had removed bone marrow from one portion of the patient’s body and injected this marrow into woman’s circulatory system and brain. The testifying doctor apparently was shocked by what he heard, but the other physician let the… read more
Posted on Oct. 22nd, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
Doctors do not always understand that there are limits as to any sort of medical treatment. Only on television melodramas do risky procedures consistently pay off. One physician used a controversial stem cell practice in the treatment of a number of patients. Unfortunately, the use of this treatment in order to prevent nerve damage in… read more
Posted on Oct. 4th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A lawsuit has been filed alleging medical malpractice that resulted in the death of a 1-year old boy. The boy was taken to the hospital by his mother where he was diagnosed as having a viral infection. Sensing that something else was wrong, the mother took the boy back to the emergency room later that… read more
Posted on Sep. 10th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A recent lawsuit suggests that the problem of concussions suffered by professional athletes may involve more than the way the sport is played or the equipment that athletes are wearing. It may also involve physicians that do not appreciate the severity of brain injury that can be suffered by athletes, and who release players to… read more
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