Recently, a story involving a long-term nursing facility in the Midwest made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. One of their supposedly deceased residents was transported to a funeral home for embalming. When the mortuary staff unzipped the body bag about...
Month: February 2023
MEDICAL CLAIMS A TO Z #13
INFECTIONS AND LITIGATION LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB JORDAN GOLDSMITH, JD About once a month we will receive a call from a patient who has suffered a devastating infection while under the care of a physician and wants to know whether it is a potential malpractice...
Why do unnecessary surgeries happen?
Unnecessary surgery is one of the leading malpractices that occur in hospitals. Reports show that surgery is the second most common cause of medical malpractice lawsuits. Examples of common unnecessary surgeries include C-sections, heart surgeries, hysterectomies...
