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  • Chester County doctor charged in scheme to illegally prescribe opioid pills
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 23, 2018

    Harrisburg, US – 9th March, 2018: A Chester County doctor was arrested and charged with illegally prescribing nearly 25,000 oxycodone, OxyContin, methadone and other pills to at least four patients, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Friday.

    Dr. Bruce Lief, 77, of Chesterbrook, Tredyffrin Township, a psychiatrist, was arrested following a lengthy investigation.

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  • Doctors have no idea how much drugs cost — a Toronto physician wants to change that
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 26, 2018

    Toronto, Canada – 26th March, 2018: When Shelley Wigham suffered a heart attack last summer, she was prescribed various cardiac medications. But the 64-year-old widow never took them.

    She doesn’t have a drug plan, was already paying $125 a month for meds to treat depression and high blood pressure, and, despite juggling two jobs, couldn’t afford to tack $300 onto her already pricey pharmacy bill.

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  • Doctors in violent Venezuela work under threat of death if patients die
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 25, 2018

    Venezuela – 30th March, 2018: Junior Rodriguez is used to seeing death and violence up close because he’s a doctor in a public hospital in Venezuela, one of the world’s most dangerous countries.

    But the violence has been turning more personal for Rodriguez and the rest of the medical staff at the Dr. Luis Razetti de Barcelona University Hospital in the eastern state of Anzoategui.

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  • Family sues Adventist Health St. Helena for medical negligence resulting in death
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 27, 2018

    California, US – 1st April, 2018: Laura Robinson had severe sudden onset upper back pain, so she went to the hospital. The hospital ran a test and sent her home. A week later, she was back, but again, they sent her home. She died the next day.

    Robinson’s children, Leea Robinson of Middletown and Kyi Robinson of Angwin, are now suing the hospitals she went to along with the doctors and radiologist she saw, alleging medical negligence.

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  • Hurley man commits suicide after his release from SRHS, family sues for medical negligence
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 12, 2018

    Mississippi, US – 18th March, 2018: The family of a man who committed suicide filed a lawsuit against Singing River Health System and Emergency Room Group, Ltd., claiming both the health system and group are liable for the wrongful death of Randy Vermilyea.

    Vermilyea's initial suicide attempt was unsuccessful as Jackson County deputies spent 90 minutes imploring him to step down from the ledge on the Pascagoula River Bridge on Oct. 12, 2014. 

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  • Jury Rules in Favor of Indian American Cardiologist in Medical Malpractice Case
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 06, 2018

    Indiana, US – 13th March, 2018: A civil case against Indian American cardiologist Dr. Arvind Gandhi and Indiana-based Community Hospital, accusing them of unnecessarily implanting heart devices, was dismissed by a jury on March 8. Gandhi, who retired in 2014, was accused by hundreds of patients for planting heart devices when it was not required.

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  • Lawsuit claims medical negligence in Mizzou Biojoint surgeries
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 17, 2018

    Missouri, US – 6th March, 2018: An orthopedic surgeon and a veterinarian were notified Monday that two patients have filed lawsuits alleging medical negligence in their knee surgeries. The lawsuits also contend the doctors failed to disclose the surgeries were experimental.

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  • Mother's charge dismissed in medical negligence case
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 10, 2018

    Missouri, US – 14th March, 2018: The McDonald County prosecutor's office has dismissed a felony child abuse charge that an Anderson mother was facing in alleged negligence in getting her son medical treatment.

    The prosecution of Janet E. Rainwater, 23, in McDonald County Circuit Court had been deferred for six months. The case was dismissed Wednesday upon the defendant's completion of the deferral period without having committed another offense.

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  • Peterborough City Hospital doctor interviewed over deaths
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 20, 2018

    Peterborough, UK – 6th March, 2018: Dr Andy Gregg, 48, who works at Peterborough City Hospital, was arrested on suspicion of gross negligent manslaughter and is on bail.

    According to a High Court judgment, he is alleged to have "inappropriately hastened the death of patients in his care".

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  • Pregnant woman dies for ‘medical negligence’
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 21, 2018

    Khulana, Bangladesh – 1st April, 2018: A pregnant woman has died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Friday due to alleged medical negligence.

    Manwara Begum, 32, wife of a certain Faruk Hossain, journalist of local daily Nawapara, was admitted to the hospital for delivery around 6:30am on Thursday.

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  • This doctor went back to the medical school after being a surgeon to find cure for cancer
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 03, 2018

    France, UK – 25th February, 2018: Christian Hinrichs knew his life had forever changed the day he thought he was pouring milk into a glass, but heard it splashing on the floor instead. It was 2005, and the young cancer surgeon had just undergone the removal of his right eye because of a rare cancer, called ocular melanoma, which affects six in a million people.

     

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  • Woman dies from postpartum bleeding due to doctor’s ‘medical negligence’
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 18, 2018

    Seoul, South Korea – 24th March, 2018: A doctor was found guilty on the charge of involuntary manslaughter after he ordered a female patient who had postpartum haemorrhage to be transported to a hospital 40 kilometres away rather than to a nearby hospital, the Supreme Court said Friday. 


     

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  • Young stroke victim suing hospital after allegedly being told she ‘had drink spiked'
    April - 2018, Posted ON April 14, 2018

    Brisbane, Australia – 18th March, 2018: A young stroke victim is suing one of Brisbane's largest hospitals after being sent home by doctors, who allegedly told her she'd probably had her drink spiked.

    Amalia Young said she now suffers permanent brain damage, which could have been prevented with one simple test. Ms Young was just 24 when her life changed.

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