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A Tucson family was awarded $6 million in a lawsuit brought after a relative died of a morphine overdose. The judgment cost is to be paid 90 percent by operators of a nursing home, Manor Care Health Services, and 10 percent to be paid by Tucson Medical Center (TMC).
Sylvia Culpepper, 81 years old, was admitted to TMC on Dec. 2, 2003, suffering from sciatica, a painful nerve condition.
The United States Court of Federal Claims started another hearing to determine if thimerosal, a vaccine additive led several children to become autistic.The hearing is the second in a series of three in which the court is evaluating whether the government should pay damages to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children. In this hearing, parents are alleging that thimerosal, a preservative that contains mercury, damaged their children’s brains. Thimerosal was removed from all routinely administered childhood vaccines by 2001.
Every major study and scientific organization to examine the issue has found no link between vaccination and autism, but the vaccine critics have persisted in pursing the claim.
Texas Medical Board (TMB) has adopted a new “fast-track” procedure that will allow doctors facing discipline for relatively minor administrative violations to quickly resolve the matter.
Physicians who choose to participate in the new fast-track system can agree to administrative charges and pay a fine, rather than undergo a full investigation. A doctor who challenges the charges can dispute the violation in writing and the case will be reviewed by a committee. The physician may opt out of fast-track entirely and challenge the charges through TMB’s traditional investigation and litigation process.
Some patients who undergo hip replacemnts have been complaining of sqeaky noises when they move. Their artificial hips are made of ceramic materials were are meant to be being much more durable than older models.
Some 250,000 Americans get total hip implants each year; hip replacements have a success rate of more than 90 percent.
A West Virginia physician has filed a malpractice lawsuit against two other doctors and Thomas Memorial Hospital, alleging negligence and improper treatment when he needed abdominal surgery. In addition to the hospital, the lawsuit was filed against the doctors who treated him.
Cunningham, a Charleston, WV gynecologist, was admitted to the hospital and underwent abdominal surgery. The doctor plaintiff alleged that the hospital and physicians were negligent in their treatment to him.
Texas Medical Board (TMB) suspended the license of Roberto Zayas Jr., M.D., , after ruling that Dr. Zayas’ continuation in the practice of medicine would present a continuing threat to the public welfare. The temporary suspension hearing was held with notice on Monday, April 28.
The action was based on the finding that Dr. Zayas was responsible for weight-loss clinics at many locations where diet drugs are provided to patients without Dr. Zayas ever seeing the patients or reviewing their charts. The panel found that patients are receiving injections of Adenosine Monophosphate for weight loss, and this drug is not indicated or approved for weight loss.
On April 25, 2008, a nationwide Digitek Tablet Recall was issued for the heart medication. Manufacturing problems caused some tablets to contain twice as much of the active ingredient as normal. This could result in digitalis toxicity in patients with impaired kidney function, which is a serious and potentially fatal illness.
Individual lawsuits and Digitek class actions are currently pending. All of the federal Digitek litigation has been consolidated in an MDL in the Southern District of West Virginia.
The Texas Medical Board (TMB) took disciplinary action against 66 licensed physicians. Actions included 19 violations based on quality of care; 12 actions based on unprofessional conduct; 7 actions based on violation of probation or prior board order; 9 actions based on inadequate medical records violations; 3 actions based on impairment due to alcohol or drugs; 2 actions based on non-therapeutic prescribing; 3 actions based on other states’ actions; 1 action based on peer review action; 3 miscellaneous actions; and 7 administrative orders based on minimal statutory violations.
Fake car accidents are a growing problem in North Texas. Statistics reported to the National Insurance Crime Bureau show since 2001 there have been nearly 350 staged car accident schemes in North Texas alone.
According to Dallas FBI agents, recruiters will find people to intentionally crash or damage their cars. Then they work with chiropractors and law firms to file the bogus insurance claims. They all share money received from insurance companies.
The Dallas VA Medical Center has effectively closed its psychiatric wing after a fourth mentally ill patient this year committed suicide.
On April 4, a man fastened a bed sheet to the bottom corner of a door frame, draped a noose over the top, and hanged himself. Before that, a veteran hanged himself on a frame attached to his wheelchair. And in January, two men who met in the psychiatric ward committed suicide in Collin County days after being released.
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