Boy to be awarded £5m damages over alleged medical negligence
January - 2019, Posted ON January 16, 2019

New Hampshire, UK – 16th January, 2019:  A six-year-old boy from county Londonderry who suffered devastating injuries at birth is set to be awarded nearly £5 million in damages.

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Court rules surgeon was not negligent despite man's claim he developed paralysis after procedure
January - 2019, Posted ON January 18, 2019

Ireland – 18th January, 2019:  A High Court judge has found there was no negligence by a surgeon in his care and treatment of a man who claimed he developed paralysis in his right leg and severe pain after undergoing a spinal fusion procedure in March 2010.

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Doctor accused of gross negligence, lying on job applications
January - 2019, Posted ON January 05, 2019

Schenectady, US – 5th January, 2019:  A doctor accused of gross negligence and fraud allegedly lied on his job application while trying to get hospital privileges at Ellis Medicine in 2016.

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Doctors pushing to enact law to prevent attacks in hospitals
January - 2019, Posted ON January 02, 2019

Seoul, South Kore – 2nd January, 2019: Doctors are pushing to enact a law to prevent the recurrence of a recent attack against a renowned psychiatrist by his patient, a medical association said Wednesday.

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Dutch surgeon wins landmark 'right to be forgotten' case
January - 2019, Posted ON January 21, 2019

Brussels – 21st January, 2019:  A Dutch surgeon formally disciplined for her medical negligence has won a legal action to remove Google search results about her case in a landmark “right to be forgotten” ruling.

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Erectile Dysfunction Cream Given Instead of Eye Drops to UK Woman Who Ends Up With Eye Injury
January - 2019, Posted ON January 09, 2019

Glasgow, UK – 9th January, 2019:  Reading let alone understanding, a doctor's prescription is a task. However, one can get into trouble if the pharmacists are unable to read the prescription right. A recent incident is a sad example of something similar.

 

 

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Family's fight after boy, 2, dies during root canal treatment
January - 2019, Posted ON January 09, 2019

Arizona, US – 9th January, 2019:  The mother of a two-year-old boy who died while undergoing a root canal is suing the dentist over what the family described as “gross medical negligence”.

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Fermoy man, 33, settles action over hospital's alleged failure to pick up pancreatic tumour during CT scan
January - 2019, Posted ON January 18, 2019

Fermoy, Ireland – 18th January, 2019:  A 33-year old man with cancer who had sued claiming there was an alleged failure at Cork University Hospital to pick up on a pancreatic tumour during a CT scan fourteen months ago has settled his High Court action.

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Former Vassar Brothers doctor accused of negligence, may lose license
January - 2019, Posted ON January 08, 2019

New York, US – 8th January, 2019:  A doctor who formerly worked at Vassar Brothers Medical Center could lose his license amid allegations of negligence and incompetence involving the death of a Poughkeepsie man and the treatment of four other patients.

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Grieving first-time mum's baby would have survived if he'd been born an hour sooner
January - 2019, Posted ON January 20, 2019

UK – 20th January, 2019:  Nervous first-time mum Kelly Angelo thought she was in good hands when she arrived at a birthing centre run by ­midwives – rather than a hospital.

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Heart patients suffer amid stents shortage at govt hospitals
January - 2019, Posted ON January 08, 2019

Lahore, Pakistan – 8th January, 2019:  Amid lack of proper planning on the Punjab Health Department’s (PHD) part, hospitals across the province have run out of stents; putting thousands of cardiac patients in a pickle, Pakistan Today has learnt.

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Mother accuses Pinellas County health care providers of medical negligence
January - 2019, Posted ON January 11, 2019

Florida, US – 11th January, 2019:  A mother is suing Pinellas County health care providers, alleging negligence.

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Parents sue Troy center for negligence, mishandling son's body
January - 2019, Posted ON January 14, 2019

Albany, US – 10th January, 2019:  The parents of a man whose body had been decomposing for 38 days inside a Troy supportive living facility are suing the non-profit owner, its former director and several employees for negligence and improper handling of a body.

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Police to patrol at hospitals to protect staff
January - 2019, Posted ON January 24, 2019

Vietnam – 24th January, 2019:  The moves comes after an agreement was reached yesterday by the health ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department and the public security ministry’s Police Department of Administration and Social Security.

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Woman left interfile at 36 after doctors removed her womb in cancer blunder
January - 2019, Posted ON January 26, 2019

UK – 26th January, 2019:  A woman who will never become a mum is suing the NHS after doctors removed her womb following a cancer blunder.

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Woman left interfile at 36 after doctors removed her womb in cancer blunder
January - 2019, Posted ON January 26, 2019

UK – 26th January, 2019:  A woman who will never become a mum is suing the NHS after doctors removed her womb following a cancer blunder.

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