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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 from the procedure.”

The agency, which “said the failure to contact the 79 veterans came from administrative errors relating to their charts,” has “temporarily removed Mary Berrocal, director of the Miami VA Healthcare System,” and replaced her with Thomas Capello, director of the Gainesville VA hospital, “until a 30-to-60-day investigation is complete.”

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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 Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada anesthetists Ronald Ernest Lakeman and Keith Mathahs on charges resulting from allegations they misused syringes and clinic instruments to transmit the incurable liver disease to seven patients.”

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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 suspensions; four revocations/suspensions; three temporary suspensions/restrictions; two actions based on peer review actions; one action based on failure to properly supervise or delegate; two actions based on violation of probation or prior order; two orders modifying a prior order; three actions based on a criminal conviction; action against one acupuncturist; one rules violation order and six corrective orders. The board issued 21 orders for minor statutory violations.

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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.

While birthing the baby vaginally, the child’s shoulder became caught, causing permanent injuries to his right arm. The jury found in their verdict that both the doctors were negligent in caring for the woman and baby. Kimball Perry, The Cincinnati Enquirer 06/07/2010
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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 care of Kelly Fay, who went to the hospital in January 2002 complaining of stomach pain and was diagnosed with kidney stones.

According to the lawsuit, Fay was sent home after a few hours with some pain medication. While at home, she had a seizure and went into septic shock, dying two days after leaving the hospital, the suit claims.

Adva Saldinger and Dawn Bryant, The Myrtle Beach Sun News 05/28/2010
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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 her back, but went too low and damaged her sciatic nerve, the lawsuit stated. Due to the nerve damage, Holstein has lower back problems and is limited in her physical activity.

Doctors say her condition will continue to get worse, the lawsuit stated. Jim O’Hara, The Syracuse Post-Standard 06/01/2010
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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 for medical negligence more than 30 times from June 2000 through May 2009, board investigators wrote in a complaint against him.

Read more: http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-doctors-lose-licenses-are-disciplined/article/3462794?custom_click=pod_headline_health#ixzz0oc7aDKqi

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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 blood loss and injured her spine, leaving her a paraplegic.

The jury awarded $1.3 million in noneconomic damages, $2 million for future medical bills, and more than $200,000 for past medical bills.

Tricia Bishop, Baltimore Sun 05/14/2010
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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 decided if it will pursue criminal charges. As part of the settlement, Haddad will pay a $5,000 fine and have his medical license suspended by the Iowa Board of Medicine. Tony Leys, DesMoines Register 05/13/2010
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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 it turns out, is not a real doctor. Lederman did not verify the diagnosis of cancer, but instead treated her immediately with radioactive therapy. Lawyers for Bono’s estate also contend that Lederman and the Italian man, Salvatore Conte, were in cahoots. John Marzulli, New York Daily News 05/11/2010
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