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New York City has paid out more than a half billion dollars over the last four fiscal years to pay for medical mistakes at its 11 public hospitals, according to a report in the New York Daily News citing city records. The tab – paid ultimately by taxpayers — came to $134 million in the last fiscal […]
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A jury handed down a $100 million verdict against a hospital for a Staten Island teenager who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of a premature birth. The case took years to litigate. The baby is now 17-year-old Stephanie Debes, who, along with a twin sister, was born three months early after staff at St.
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Cases of colon cancer among younger people is on the rise even as the rate for those older than 50 decreases, a phenomenon that is leading to more missed diagnoses. Such was the case for a 44-year-old Maryland woman who seven years ago went to doctors with all the symptoms of colorectal cancer, including diarrhea,
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A new report out of Johns Hopkins estimates that diagnostic errors may cause as many as 40,500 patient deaths in hospital intensive care units. The university’s patient safety experts say the number of deaths of critically ill hospital patients die with unknown medical conditions may exceed the annual number of deaths due to breast cancer
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A dozen people have died and more than 100 have been sickened by an outbreak of meningitis caused by a steroid spinal injection contaminated with a fungus. The unsafe drug, used to treat back pain, was made by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy and was sold to 75 clinics throughout 23 states. The form of meningitis
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A doctor at a Cincinnati-area hospital had ordered and charged Medicare for as many as 8,000 vascular tests of patients. Just one problem – he wasn’t bothering to properly read them, if they were read at all. A former employee at the hospital blew the whistle and filed a lawsuit in the case, which recently
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Death of Child Prompts Recall of Window Blinds by Blind Xpress 139,000 custom-made vertical and 315,000 horizontal blinds Legrand Wiremold Recalls Power Strips Due to Electric Shock Hazard 14,200 Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall
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Seven years after a deadly explosion at an oil refinery in Texas City, BP Plc has agreed to pay another $13 million to settle fines over safety violations revealed in the aftermath of the tragedy. The explosion left 15 workers dead and 170 others injured. It occurred when a cloud of volatile hydrocarbon vapor ignited
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Energizer Recalls Night Lights Due to Burn Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Target – 260,000 CareBears Pacifier Recalled by IDM Group Due to Choking Hazard – 119,000 Zest Garden Recalls Wilson & Fisher Bistro Sets Due to Fall
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The plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to “send a message” that would be a deterrent to drunk drivers, and a jury in Tennessee obliged – handing down a $9.25 million verdict against a man who drove while intoxicated and slammed into another car driven by a high school honor student. The Chatanooga jury ordered Kevin Davis to
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Summer Infant Recalls to Repair Baby Bathers Due to Fall and Head Injury Hazard – 2 million Mr. Coffee Single Cup Brewers Recalled by JCS Due to Burn Hazard – 520,000 Cooper Lighting Recalls Shower Light Trim
Rebecca Fielding remembered screaming aloud because it was taking so long for her to get a C-section to deliver her baby at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland. She went to the hospital after her baby got stuck following an attempt to give birth at home using a midwife. She was told while waiting that
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: DeVilbiss Air Power Co Recalls Air Compressors Due to Fire Hazard – 460,000 Meijer Stores Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard – About 68,000 BatteriesPlus Expands Recall of Battery Packs Used with Cordless Tools Due to Explosion
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A former Iowa State University employee who informed his bosses about suspected theft by a school director and then was harassed by his superiors, was awarded $1.25 million in what news reports called the first case tried under Iowa’s whistleblower statute. Dennis Smith, who worked in the ISU College of Engineering marketing department, was called
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