A university hospital has made a serious error by performing a kidney transplant on the wrong patient. The donor kidney used in the transplant was supposed to go to a different recipient. The hospital in question has yet to release specifics on how the mix-up...
Year: 2021
Nursing home staff warns public of neglect at facility
There are many families who struggle with making the decision to place a loved one in a nursing home. They may worry that their loved one will not be cared for properly or that they will even be mistreated. There are many wonderful facilities that provide the best...
Fertility treatments lead to win in medical malpractice lawsuit
Tragic circumstances surrounding fertility treatments have changed the lives of a family. A couple sought treatment to help them conceive a child. After the treatment, the couple was expecting twins. One of the babies died and the other was left with life-altering...
Understanding the different types of medical malpractice
Medical malpractice is a complex legal issue. There are thousands of these cases filed every year against nurses, doctors, other health care practitioners and medical facilities. Those affected by medical malpractice can benefit from understanding more about the ways...
Medical negligence isn’t supposed to happen
When you entrust your health to a licensed medical professional in Texas or elsewhere, you can expect to receive quality care and treatment. Stringent regulations and safety standards are in place to help keep you safe, especially if you have a surgical procedure, are...
Nursing home cited after man jumps from window of facility
Following a tragic incident, which led to the injuries of a resident, a nursing home has been cited and now faces further investigations. A 78-year-old man jumped from a window of the facility. This incident happened late in the evening on the day the patient was...
Father sues hospital over son’s birth-related neurological damage
A traumatic birth experience has left a child with permanent neurological damage. The father is now suing the hospital for medical negligence. He claims that the hospital failed to provide proper care during and after the birth, which led to extensive and...
New AI technology can reduce potentially fatal medical errors
Medical errors account for around 250,000 deaths each year across the nation. Most of those errors are preventable. Whether it is a misdiagnosis, an error in medication, or failure to diagnose a medical condition, patients should not have to worry about serious injury...
Alleged brain surgery error leads to medical malpractice lawsuit
A neurosurgeon is facing a medical malpractice lawsuit for his involvement in a car crash that killed a medical student last year. The victim of the crash was a passenger in the vehicle driven by the prominent neurosurgeon. Not only is he facing manslaughter charges,...
False positive: the damage a cancer misdiagnosis can do
As our San Antonio legal blog readers know, misdiagnosis of cancer is one of the most common reasons for medical malpractice lawsuits. In most cancer misdiagnosis cases, there’s a failure to diagnose cancer – a patient has a form of cancer, but the doctor misreads the...