Baby boy brain damaged after mum gets common bug before giving birth
August - 2019, Posted ON August 18, 2019

UK – 18th August, 2019: A mum is calling for all pregnant women to be tested for strep after the infection left her baby with brain damage.

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Baltimore Jury Awards $229 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit
August - 2019, Posted ON August 20, 2019

Baltimore, US– 20th August, 2019: A Baltimore jury has awarded a young mother $229 million for what her attorney calls the largest medical malpractice verdict ever awarded.

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Doctor gives kwaito star shingles medication assuming he was HIV positive
August - 2019, Posted ON August 18, 2019

South Africa – 18th August, 2019: Fuming kwaito veteran Eugene Mthethwa has threatened legal action against Netcare Waterfall City Hospital and a physician who allegedly prescribed the wrong medication on an assumption that he was HIV positive when he was admitted at the private hospital two years ago.

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Man sues GW Hospital alleging medical malpractice in 2016
August - 2019, Posted ON August 23, 2019

Washington, US – 23rd August, 2019: A man suing GW Hospital alleges that a nurse improperly removed a catheter after he was treated for an aneurysm in 2016, according to court documents.

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Mum sues doctor after 'baby’s penis severed by intern in botched circumcision'
August - 2019, Posted ON August 19, 2019

Regina, Canada– 19th August, 2019: A doctor is being sued by a mother who claims her newborn baby’s penis was severed by an intern in a botched circumcision.

The boy was just nine days old when the tip of his penis was cut off during the procedure following his birth last November, his mum says.

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North Carolina woman's 'kidney stone' was daughter about to be born
August - 2019, Posted ON August 20, 2019

Waynesville, US– 20th August, 2019: Expecting parents spend months preparing for the arrival of their baby, so imagine having a half a day to get ready for a bundle of joy.

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Palestinian government drafts law to protect its doctors
August - 2019, Posted ON August 08, 2019

Ramallah, Palestine – 8th August, 2019: The Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Doctors Syndicate signed July 22 a bill to protect medical staff working in hospitals and medical centers and to incriminate any attack on its members. The provisions of the bill are currently being drafted.

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Vanderbilt doctors say they operated on the wrong kidney by 'mistake'
August - 2019, Posted ON August 06, 2019

Tennessee, US – 6th August, 2019: Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors said under oath they mistakenly implanted a medical device in the wrong kidney in 2017 and are now being investigated by state health officials.

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