Doctor Sued by Virginia Man’s Family Who Claim the Surgeon Botched a Heart Surgery
A heart surgeon at Winchester Medical Center faces a medical malpractice lawsuit after one of his patients died of blood loss during bypass surgery.
Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: Hospitals Not Transparent About Mistakes
Authors of an article in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2010 urged hospitals to have clear procedures for notifying the public and patients about errors, coordinating diagnostic testing and treatment and responding to regulatory bodies. Even if this shift toward transparent health care is taking place elswhere, an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicated…
Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: $800,000 Settlement Reached Over Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Patient
Virginia Lawyers Weekly reports that an $800,000 settlement was obtained against a psychiatric hospital in a wrongful death lawsuit after one of its patients committed suicide. As summarized in the magazine, the patient had been voluntarily admitted to the hospital because he was experiencing an overwhelming sense of dread and hearing voices telling him to hurt himself….
Virginia Woman Sues Gynecologist After Failure to Remove IUD
A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Shenandoah County after her doctor failed to remove an inter-uterine device from her abdomen.
Norfolk, VA Personal Injury Attorney Reports: Public Can Again Access Medical Malpractice Database
My colleague Jim Lewis has written a new pst for our firm’s VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice blog site about how a government agency has backtracked on the removal of a public file from a database of doctors who have faced lawsuits or disciplinary action. But restrictions remain on the public’s finding out the identities of…