Dr. Khainga and Surgeoderm have prima facie case to answer
BY IMLTMT ON February 10, 2019

Kenya – 10th February, 2019: The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) took up the matter on June Wanza Mulupi’s death from the media after it elicited public interest.

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Devastated mum of Leeds teen who died four days after telling NHS she felt suicidal calls for mental health improvements
BY IMLTMT ON February 09, 2019

Leeds, UK – 9th February, 2019: The heartbroken mum of a Leeds teenager who died four days after telling a mental health professional she was struggling to cope with suicidal thoughts is calling for better support for young people.

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Health ministry targets reduction in hospital violence
BY IMLTMT ON January 31, 2019

Vietnam – 31st January, 2019: The target is part of a recently approved plan to prevent crimes and violations at medical facilities between 2019 and 2020 in response to recent cases in which medical workers were reportedly assaulted in the workplace by patients and relatives of patients.

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UW plastic surgeon sued for sexual exploitation, medical negligence
BY IMLTMT ON January 31, 2019

Wisconsin, US – 31st January, 2019: University of Wisconsin plastic surgeon John Siebert is being sued for medical malpractice in Dane County District Court by a patient for sexual exploitation and medical negligence. 

 

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Medical negligence in Egypt’s prisons kills 7 in a month
BY IMLTMT ON January 30, 2019

Egypt – 30th January, 2019: Seven people died in Egypt’s prisons due to medical negligence in January alone, the New Khaleejhas reported, highlighting the plight of the thousands jailed by the Egyptian authorities.

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India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctors
BY IMLTMT ON January 29, 2019

Boston, US – 29th January, 2019: An India-born onetime billionaire and founder of a drug company went on trial in the US along with four others on charges of paying doctors millions of dollars in bribes to lure them into prescribing a highly addictive opioid painkiller meant solely for cancer patients. 

 

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Is the deck stacked against patients? Fight over medical malpractice lawsuits returns to Pa.
BY IMLTMT ON January 29, 2019

Pennsylvania, US – 29th January, 2019: A plague of medical malpractice lawsuits had Pennsylvania’s health care system needing life support in the early 2000s, at least in the view of hospitals and doctors.

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