A South Carolina jury has awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a 4-year-old girl who died after suffering brain injury at birth at Piedmont Medical Center. The jury found that the hospital was at fault in 2003 when it assigned a nurse trainee to monitor expectant mother Robin Wilson,…
A California doctor accused of molesting female patients during medical procedures has been ordered to stop practicing medicine until further notice. Dr. Peter Chi, has turned in his license, according to the Medical Board of California. He previously had been ordered by a San Joaquin County judge to stay away…
DALLAS — A Bedford infectious-disease specialist has been ordered to pay $7.5 million to a former maintenance man who lost his arms and legs to an MRSA infection. Judge Jim Jordan ordered Dr. Meenakshi Prabhakar to pay David Fitzgerald after a Dallas County jury found in Fitzgerald’s favor in his…
Stacy Rojas was declared brain dead one month before Zoe Rojas’ birth. The mother was kept on life support to save their daughter’s life. Two days after Zoe was born, Mr. Rojas said goodbye to his wife forever. For two days, a pregnant Mrs. Rojas endured vomiting and excruciating headaches.…
The Florida doctor’s license was revoked in the case of a teenager who planned to have an abortion but instead gave birth to a baby she says was killed when clinic staffers put it into a plastic bag and threw it in the trash. The doctor, Pierre Jean-Jacques Renelique, was…
According to federal drug officials, many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24 popular narcotics as part of a new effort to reduce the deaths and injuries that result from these medications inappropriate use. A new control program will result in restrictions on the prescribing, dispensing and distribution of…
At its February 5-6 meeting, the Texas Medical Board took disciplinary action against 32 licensed physicians; in addition, the board has issued one temporary suspension since its last meeting. The actions included 11 violations based on quality of care; seven actions based on unprofessional conduct; one mediated agreed order modifying…
A woman aged 18, went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for the doctor to terminate her 23-week pregnancy. Three days later, she sat in a reclining chair, medicated get her ready for the procedure. The doctor did not arrive in time. According to the woman and…
In 2004, a 24-year-old mother found blood in her stool and kept having pain when she went to the bathroom. When she went to her local doctor, she was repeatedly told that she was merely suffering from hemorrhoids. Seven months after she visited the doctor, she was rushed to University…
On Dec. 12, 2008, a jury sided with a neurosurgeon accused of failing to perform the appropriate procedure on a patient with spinal injuries. In May 2004, Dr. Walter Loyola performed a two-level fusion on Melinda Lynch’s neck. She had a second fusion in late July, but her problems persisted.…