‘Get doctors in the room for clinical negligence mediation,’ lawyers told
February - 2020, Posted ON February 21, 2020

Manchester, UK – 21st February, 2020: Mediators want more clinicians to come forward - and lawyers to enable them - to speak directly to patients bringing medical negligence claims against the NHS.

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Boston jury sides with hospital in medical malpractice suit brought by family of West Hartford teen Justina Pelletier
February - 2020, Posted ON February 20, 2020

Boston, US – 20th February, 2020: Boston Children’s Hospital was not negligent in its treatment of Justina Pelletier nor in its decision to report the teenager’s parents, Lou and Linda Pelletier of West Hartford, to child protection authorities in Massachusetts for medical negligence, a Boston jury ruled Thursday after a five-week trial.

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Chinese Man Attacks Doctors And Rips Off Their Hazard Suits After His Relative Dies Of Coronavirus
February - 2020, Posted ON January 31, 2020

Wuhan, China – 31st January, 2020: Two Chinese doctors hard at work saving the lives of those infected with the coronavirus in Wuhan were attacked by a man whose father-in-law died of the decease. Aside from hitting the doctors, the man reportedly ripped off their face masks and hazmat suits potentially exposing them to the same virus that killed his father-in-law.

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Court awards Myanmar refugee RM1.7 mil in medical negligence suit
February - 2020, Posted ON January 31, 2020

Putrajaya, Malaysia – 31st January, 2020: A Myanmar refugee, who fell into a state of minimal consciousness following an overdose of a powerful anesthetic drug at a local hospital, was awarded RM1.7 million in damages in a negligence suit today.

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Eight-hour wait for ambulance that cost woman her baby, womb
February - 2020, Posted ON January 30, 2020

Siaya, Kenya – 30th January, 2020: Joyce Adhiambo was looking forward to having her baby. She was expecting a baby boy. She had been attending routine ante-natal clinics and medics had assured her everything was okay.

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Hospital and ER Overcrowding Leads to Increased Patient Risk
February - 2020, Posted ON February 13, 2020

US – 13th February, 2020: The ER is a daunting place – and lately, the anxiety of an unexpected health problem has been compounded by the hazards associated with overcrowding. ER visits across the country reached a 10-year high in 2015, and in 2016, there were 145.6 million ER visits, with 12.6 million of them leading to hospital admission. These numbers have a significant impact on quality of care – and the resulting mistakes and lack of adequate attention are putting patients at risk.

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New Trial Order in Medical Negligence Case Against Einstein Upheld
February - 2020, Posted ON February 18, 2020

Pennsylvania, US – 18th February, 2020: The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld an order granting a new trial in a lawsuit against Einstein Medical Center after the jury found that its care of a surgical patient was negligent, but not the cause of her injury.

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Panel Approves $750,000 Cap On ‘Pain & Suffering’ Awards In Medical Deaths
February - 2020, Posted ON February 21, 2020

Iowa, US – 21st February, 2020: Republicans on a Senate committee have voted to place new limits in medical malpractice cases that involve the death of a patient. A bill that cleared a Senate committee this week would set 750-thousand dollars as the new cap on so-called “non-economic” damages that a family, children or spouses could receive.

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Parents of girl, 6, who died from the flu in 2018 are suing the hospital that discharged her with a 104F fever, saying doctors failed to check her basic vital signs
February - 2020, Posted ON February 07, 2020

New Jersey, US – 7th February, 2020: A New Jersey family, whose six-year-old daughter died of the flu, is suing the hospital that discharged her, claiming the staff's negligence led to her death.

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Patients' Rights Affirmed in $15.1 Million Award Against Fort Campbell Military Hospital -- Janet, Janet & Suggs
February - 2020, Posted ON February 04, 2020

Nashville, US – 4th February, 2020: A federal judge in Nashville, TN, has awarded $15.1 to a teen who sustained a severe brain injury at birth at the Fort Campbell Army hospital.

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Rogue surgeon report does not pretend there are easy answers
February - 2020, Posted ON February 05, 2020

Maryland, US – 5th February, 2020: The key question after every medical care scandal is how to stop it happening again. Robert Francis QC’s 2013 report into the neglect and mistreatment of patients at Mid Staffs NHS hospital sought to prevent any repeat by recommending that healthcare staff, hospital trusts, medical regulators and government ministers made no fewer than 290 changes to policy and practice. 

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The doctor did not cause the patient's suicide, the judge's rules
February - 2020, Posted ON January 30, 2020

New York, US – 30th January, 2020: A judge dismissed a $ 10 million ruling against a New York primary care physician whose patient committed suicide while in his care, Staten Island Advance reports.

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