The verdict for Andrea Larkin, 35, was handed down in Norfolk Superior Court, said her lawyer, Benjamin Novotny of the Boston firm Lubin & Meyer. The defendants were Dedham Medical Associates, where Larkin sought treatment for dizziness in 2004; and Dr. Jehane Johnston, a physician who examined Larkin, Novotny said.

Consultant cardiologist, Peter Wilmshurst, tells the story of Anjan Kumar Banerjee, a surgeon who spent the years 2002 to 2008 erased from the medical register for serious professional misconduct related to research fraud, financial misconduct, and substandard care. Yet in 2014 he was awarded an MBE "for services to patient safety."

Yet, in 2013, India reported no more than two percent of globally occurring adverse Dr.ug reactions (ADR.s). It isn’t as if Dr.ugs have fewer side effects in India. Serious effects were seen in 6.7 percent of patients, a 2014 study reported. Other studies have cited Dr.ug side effects as the reason for 3.4 percent of hospital admissions in India, 3.7 percent hospital readmissions and 1.8 percent mortality.

Ruth Hricko, 63, sued Central Maine Medical Center for medical malpractice in September 2013. The hospital employs the technician.