The Miami Herald (7/7, Tasker) says that the Department of Veterans Affairs, “which in March 2009 revealed that more than 2,400 Miami-area veterans were given colonoscopies with improperly cleaned equipment, announced Tuesday that 79 veterans mistakenly were not notified they are at risk of contracting a disease such as HIV…
The AP (6/4) reported, “A former physician-owner and two former employees at a Las Vegas-area colonoscopy clinic were indicted on 28 felony charges, including racketeering, negligence and insurance fraud stemming from a 2008 hepatitis C outbreak. A judge in Las Vegas issued arrest warrants for physician Dipak Desai and former…
Since its April 8-9 board meeting, the Texas Medical Board has taken disciplinary action against 97 licensed physicians. The actions included 24 violations based on quality of care; three actions based on unprofessional conduct; 11 actions based on inadequate medical records; one action based on advertising violations; 13 voluntary surrenders/voluntary…
An Ohio jury has awarded a local couple $1.63 million in a lawsuit filed against two doctors that delivered their son four years ago and allegedly caused him injury. The lawsuit claims that the mother requested a Caesarian section due to the size of the baby, but the doctors refused.…
A Myrtle Beach hospital has been ordered to pay $2.88 million to the husband of a woman who died from a seizure after being treated by a hospital doctor in 2002. The South Carolina jury determined that Grand Strand Regional Medical Center and Dr. Stephen Law were negligent in the…
A New York jury awarded a Syracuse woman $1.7 million in a lawsuit she filed over an improper injection she received during the birth of her third child. In October 2007, Tina Holstein was giving birth to her third child. Due to complications, a nurse gave her an injection in…
The Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision revoked the licenses of three doctors and accepted the license surrender of an Oklahoma City surgeon who was the subject of an international controversy after a brain surgery that ended in a teenager’s death. Dr. Paul Christopher Francel has been sued…
A Maryland woman was awarded $3.5 million by a local jury in a malpractice lawsuit over an alleged botched surgery that left her unable to walk. Victoria Little underwent surgery for blocked arteries in 2007, and the lawsuit claims the doctors used an improper grafting technique. The surgery caused severe…
A sexual assault lawsuit against a University of Iowa anesthesiologist has been settled. In the lawsuit, Pauline Longoria claimed that Dr. Samir Haddad sexually assaulted her in his office on campus in May 2007. Haddad claims the “sexual contact” was consensual, and the local district attorney’s office has not yet…
A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against a New York cancer specialist, claiming he treated a woman for pancreatic cancer when she in fact was not sick, and that the treatment killed her. Giuseppa Bono went to see Dr. Gilbert Lederman on referral from an Italian doctor who, as…