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Maryland (MD) Heart Surgeon Sued for Implanting More Than 100 Unneeded Stents

A cardiologist who performed heart surgeries at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland (MD), is facing at least 101 lawsuits from former patients and their health insurance companies for unnecessarily implanting coronary artery stents. According to the Baltimore Sun, Dr. Mehmood Patel is also facing federal and, possibly, state criminal charges for unjustifiably putting…

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12-Year-Old Boy Hit by Car in Nathalie, VA

Chisolm Trail in Nathalie, Virginia (VA) is a road commonly described as “quiet”, but mayhem was a more appropriate descriptor of the street after a young boy was hit by a car. The boy’s injuries were so severe that police called in a helicopter to transport him to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to wset.com. The…

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