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NEWS ABOUT: medical malpractice

medical malpractice stories: 13 news summaries

 Jacko Doc 
 Will Face 
 Manslaughter: 
 Fox Source 



Dermatologist will also be charged: law enforcement

Aug 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray will be charged with manslaughter in the next two weeks, a law enforcement source tells Fox News. Authorities want to carry out a final search warrant next week, probably at a Los Angeles pharmacy, to build evidence against Murray before they make an arrest. Jackson’... More »

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medical malpractice • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • warrant • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Arnold Klein

VA Doc Botched 92 of 116 Cancer Operations

Philly prostate patients routinely had treatment placed in wrong organ

Jun 21, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The VA Hospital in Philadelphia performed 116 operations to treat prostate cancer before an investigation found that 92 of the them had been seriously botched, the New York Times reports. The VA considered Dr. Gary Kao an expert who didn't need oversight, and allowed him to cover up his mistakes... More »

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prostate cancer • medical malpractice • cancer treatment • radiation • VA Hospital

Obama Offers Docs Backing
on Malpractice
Suit Limits

President may buck Dems to win over AMA

Jun 15, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is taking his case for overhauling health care to a tough audience today: The American Medical Association, which is holding its annual meeting in Chicago, came out last week against Obama's plan to offer federal insurance to compete with private insurers. But the president privately with AMA officials... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • medical malpractice • American Medical Association • health care reform • malpractice • President Obama

Calif. Medical Board to Investigate Octuplet Births

Doc who performed in vitro fertilization procedures may have violated standards

Feb 6, 09 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - California’s Medical Board is investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards by the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, the Whittier Daily News reports. Suleman told NBC all 14 of her children were born through in vitro fertilization performed by one California specialist. “... More »

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California • fertility • medical malpractice • in vitro fertilization • baby • doctor • multiple births • violations • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Supreme Court to Hear Huge Consumer Rights Case

Can victims sue if FDA has approved drug?

Sep 19, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in what could be one of the biggest consumer-rights cases in years, reports the New York Times. The case focuses on whether customers who have been harmed by products that meet federal regulations can sue the manufacturer for damages, and is centered on... More »

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medical malpractice • migraines • US Supreme Court

Military Families Fight for Right
to Sue

High court ruling
forbids suits against military hospitals

Apr 20, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many grieving families are outraged that they cannot sue over medical malpractice in military hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some have seen sons and husbands—all active duty service members—die in hospitals where resources are stretched thin. But a 1950 Supreme Court ruling created the Feres doctrine, which... More »

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medical malpractice • US military • US troops • military hospitals • negligence • US Supreme Court • malpractice • Feres vs. United States

HIV Scandal Spreads in Kyrgyzstan

Health workers charged with
infecting children

Mar 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fourteen medical professionals in Kyrgyzstan face malpractice and negligence charges after allegedly infecting 42 children with HIV. The group of doctors, nurses, and a top administrator could receive prison terms of up to 10 years for administering contaminated injections and blood transfusions. Such incidents may be common, one aide worker... More »

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health • AIDS • medical malpractice • hospitals • HIV • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • negligence • malpractice • health workers

Doc Linked to 17 Aussie Deaths Busted in Portland

Bungling 'Dr. Death'  faces extradition

Mar 12, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor accused of leaving a bloody trail of surgical mistakes from New York to Australia to Oregon, has been arrested in Portland, the AP reports. Jayant Patel, a US citizen, fled to Oregon in 2005 after an inquiry was launched into botched operations linked to 17 deaths at a... More »

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Australia • medical malpractice • doctor • Oregon • extradition • surgeon • manslaughter • Jayant Patel

Case Against Transplant Doc Raises Concern

Prosecution claims he killed for organs; others say technique to blame

Feb 27, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Charges against a California surgeon for hastening the death of a disabled man so his organs could be harvested for transplants has advocates worried, the New York Times reports. At issue is whether Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ignored protocol in pursuit of organs for transplant or if he misused, or misunderstood,... More »

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organ harvesting • organ transplants • medical malpractice • Stanford University • organ donor • hospital • Hootan Roozrokh • surgeon • cardiac-death organ donations • brain-death organ donations • American Society of Transplant Surgeons • Donate Life America • Betadine • adrenoleukodystrophy • California Transplant Donor Network • United Network for Organ Sharing

Hospital Fined for Year's Third Botched Brain Surgery

Rhode Island state officials order new safety procedures

Nov 27, 07 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - State health officials fined Rhode Island Hospital yesterday and ordered it to change procedures after a surgeon began operating on the wrong side of a woman's head, the Providence Journal reports. A patient died after a similar incident four months ago. Yesterday's incident is the third botched neurosurgical procedure this... More »

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surgery • medical malpractice • patients • brain • doctor • Rhode Island • brain surgery

Doc of Kanye's Mom Was on Thin Ice

High-profile Adams had alcohol convictions, faced malpractice action

Nov 14, 07 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The mother of rap star Kanye West died Saturday "as a result of surgery or anesthesia," a preliminary autopsy showed yesterday—more bad news for her surgeon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Jan Adams—a talk-show regular—faces sanctions from various state agencies over a string of... More »

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plastic surgery • medical malpractice • autopsy • Kanye West • cosmetic surgery • hip-hop • Donda West

Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

Organ-donation controversy erupts

Jul 31, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco surgeon is facing unprecedented felony charges of accelerating the death of a 25-year-old disabled man to harvest his organs for transplant. The doctor denies the charges that he acted without a legitimate medical purpose, the LA Times reports, but the controversy is bad news for transplant doctors... More »

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organ harvesting • medical malpractice • organ donor • patient • transplant • disability • doctor • Hootan Roozrokh • Ruben Navarro • surgeon

Doctors Are Sorry, Not Sued

New laws allow doctors to apologize

Apr 12, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawmakers in nine states want doctors to be able to say they're sorry. So-called  "I'm-sorry" laws, already on the books in 27 states, allow doctors to apologize to patients when they make mistakes, or as expressions of sympathy, without fear of litigation. More »

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health care • health • law • medical malpractice • medical errors • patients • doctor • litigation

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