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Nearly three million Americans go under the knife each year, The Washington Post reports. Some of these surgeries are elective, while others are brought on by an emergency. These emergency surgical procedures can range from relatively simple to highly invasive operations. No matter what type of surgery a patient undergoes, the patient must realize the …
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From minor mistakes that have few lasting complications to more serious ones that can forever impact a patient’s life, the rate of medical errors in New York and across the country is alarmingly high. In fact, a recent study published in the medical journal, BMJ, reveals that medical errors are now the third-leading cause of …
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When a person suffers from an adverse health event, he or she relies on a doctor to provide a correct diagnosis so that proper treatment can ensue. A delayed or incorrect medical diagnosis can have devastating consequences for the patient and his or her family. Unfortunately, a proper diagnosis is not always given. In some …
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Whether you visit your doctor’s office for a routine procedure or undergo a surgery at a nearby hospital, you should not have to worry about sustaining personal injuries caused by medical negligence. However, medical errors occur much more often than most of us would like to believe. Indeed, according to a report from The Hospital …
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A jury in Schenectady County Supreme Court has awarded a Delanson woman $1.52 million after finding that an OB-GYN’s malpractice resulted in her needing a colostomy, the law firm of Powers & Santola, LLP, reports. After starting deliberations the previous afternoon, the jury reached the verdict on March 2, 2016, ruling unanimously in favor of …
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Medical malpractice refers to an act of negligence on the part of a doctor or other medical professional that endangers a patient or causes the patient’s condition to worsen. A recent study released by the New England Journal of Medicine found that medical malpractice claims in the U.S. are not spread evenly throughout the physician …
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Most of us trust that our doctors, specialists, surgeons and other medical providers will provide the comfort and care we need when we are hurt or injured. While nobody looks forward to going to the hospital or an outpatient facility to have a procedure done, we go with the attitude that it will improve our …
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The failure to diagnose a patient with a condition is a common cause of a medical malpractice claims in New York and across the United States. One of the most serious instances of misdiagnosis arises when a heart attack is not diagnosed properly. A heart attack misdiagnosis can lead to imminent patient harm, including death. …
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An injury to your newborn baby can be one of the scariest things to deal with in life. What can be even more overwhelming is when the birth injury occurs as a result of medical malpractice during a C-section. If your baby has been harmed during a C-section, our Albany birth injury attorneys can advocate …
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The medical industry often lobbies for special privileges under the guise of “tort reform.” Medical groups offer horror stories of runaway juries awarding greedy medical malpractice plaintiffs millions of dollars in unwarranted damages. Without “reform,” the medical community claims, healthcare costs will continue to skyrocket while doctors are forced to practice “defensive medicine” in order …
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