Blog

NC Family Receives $7M Wrongful Death Award for Mother’s Death Following Botched Hysterectomy

A jury in Wilkes County, North (NC), on May 27, 2011, awarded $7 million to the family of Victoria Lynn Brown Harmon. The woman, who was a special education teacher, died from surgical complications and infections following a botched hysterectomy in the spring of 2007, prompting her survivors to bring a medical malpractice and wrongful…

read more

New Nightingale Helicopter Arrives at Sentara Norfolk Genreal Hospital

Sentara Healthcare’s Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance Service has finally acquired its new helicopter.  a Eurocopter EC-145 costing $7.2 million, arrived at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), in early June 2011. Crew members will spend several weeks preparing the helicopter for full operational status.   The Sentara Health Foundation is just $500,000 away…

read more