Couple Sues Planned Parenthood for Failed Abortion
February - 2019, Posted ON February 22, 2019

Idaho, US – 22nd February, 2019: A couple who traveled more than 700 miles to get an abortion, which was ultimately unsuccessful, is suing Planned Parenthood for the cost of raising their now 2-year-old son. Citing medical negligence, breach of contract and other claims, the couple is requesting more than $750,000 for “the cost of raising an unplanned additional child.”

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Devastated mum of Leeds teen who died four days after telling NHS she felt suicidal calls for mental health improvements
February - 2019, Posted 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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Dr. Khainga and Surgeoderm have prima facie case to answer
February - 2019, Posted 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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Health ministry targets reduction in hospital violence
February - 2019, Posted 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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India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctors
February - 2019, Posted 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.
February - 2019, Posted 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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Medical board probes deaths of 60 babies at Kiambu hospital
February - 2019, Posted ON February 17, 2019

Kenya – 17th February, 2019: The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) has launched a probe into the deaths of 60 babies at Kiambu Level Five Hospital.

Board Chief Executive Officer Daniel Yumbya made the announcement on Sunday, following a report on Friday that that number of newborns died at the facility in the last two months.

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Medical negligence in Egypt’s prisons kills 7 in a month
February - 2019, Posted 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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New-born certified dead three times before found alive in coffin by parents
February - 2019, Posted ON February 18, 2019

Bolivia – 18th February, 2019: The grief a parent feels over the loss of a child is indescribable.

A Bolivian couple experienced this unbearably raw heartache after their baby boy supposedly died during labour on February 8 after just 27 weeks of pregnancy.

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New-born certified dead three times before found alive in coffin by parents
February - 2019, Posted ON February 18, 2019

Bolivia – 18th February, 2019: The grief a parent feels over the loss of a child is indescribable.

A Bolivian couple experienced this unbearably raw heartache after their baby boy supposedly died during labour on February 8 after just 27 weeks of pregnancy.

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No one should have to endure that psychological torment - Family who lost mother to medical misdiagnoses
February - 2019, Posted ON February 24, 2019

London, UK – 24th February, 2019: The mother of five and grandmother of six, Christina 'Chrissie' McGagh, a nurse, suffered seven rib fractures after a serious fall down her stairs at home but the injuries were not identified despite being X-rayed at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny in October, 2012.

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Terminally ill woman to return to court to give evidence in cervical smear case
February - 2019, Posted ON February 15, 2019

Columbia, US – 15th February, 2019: A woman who is terminally ill with cervical cancer will return to the High Court in the coming weeks to give further evidence in her action over alleged misreading of cervical smears.

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UW plastic surgeon sued for sexual exploitation, medical negligence
February - 2019, Posted 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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Why did court acquit Ewha hospital staffs in newborns’ death case?
February - 2019, Posted ON February 25, 2019

Seoul, Korea – 22nd February, 2019: A Seoul court acquitted medical staffs at Ewha Womans University Hospital of criminal charges over the deaths of four newborns by bacterial infection at the hospital in December 2017.

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Widow is Suing Queensland Government For 'Loss of Sex' After Losing Husband to Medical Negligence
February - 2019, Posted ON February 20, 2019

Queensland, Australia – 20th February, 2019: Medical negligence should always be taken seriously and those who are behind it should be punished. But a widow from Queensland has taken things far in a way when she has sued the government for $1.2million over a loss of sex after her husband died during hospital treatment! Cara Finnegan is suing Queensland Health after her husband died suffering brain damage which occurred due to a botched medical treatment. So while she is still grieving the loss of her beloved husband and a father to her four children, she mentions she suffers from a loss of sex with him.

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