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ALS patient died after stem cell procedure, believing 'deceptive' treatment ads: Lawsuit
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (741+ words) Inset: Michael Trujillo (KING/YouTube). Background: Advertisement materials included in the lawsuit filed against the Seattle Stem Cell Center and owner Dr. Tami Meraglia by Michael Trujillo's family (KIRO). A Washington state jury awarded $24 million to the family of a…...
Pediatric dentist was intoxicated while performing surgery on patient, police say
1+ week, 4+ day ago (497+ words) Inset: Kelly Buck (Grayson County Sheriff's Office). Background: A medical strip mall where Buck allegedly worked as a temp in Sherman, Tex. (Google Maps). A Texas dentist was recently arrested after treating a patient while she was intoxicated, police in…...
Nursing home's 'carelessness' during man's 'short-term' rehab stay killed him: Lawsuit
2+ week, 3+ day ago (540+ words) Inset: Robert Spadacini (German Rubenstein/Michael Hill Trial Law). Background: The New York City nursing home where Robert Spadacini allegedly developed a Stage 4 bedsore, pneumonia and sepsis complications that took his life (Google Maps). An 85-year-old New York City man…...
Doctor blocked patients from organ transplants by 'manipulating' donor criteria: DOJ
2+ week, 6+ day ago (364+ words) Inset: John Bynon Jr. Background: Memorial Hermann Health System's Texas Medical Center in Houston, where John Bynon Jr. allegedly falsified medical records to make potential transplant recipients ineligible for organ donations (KTRK/YouTube). A "nationally renowned" Texas surgeon is facing…...
Hospital dismissed diabetic man's deadly ketoacidosis symptoms as 'hyperventilation': Suit
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (649+ words) Staff at a Missouri hospital brushed off a diabetic man's cries that he "could not breathe" and was feeling extremely weak as him "simply hyperventilating" until he died hours later of complications from diabetic ketoacidosis, a lawsuit says. The parents…...
Anesthesiologist underdosed 'tiny baby' and other kids who received only saline
3+ week, 3+ day ago (517+ words) An anesthesiologist resident in Washington state was sentenced this week after he admitted to underdosing children, including a "tiny baby," while secretly taking their pain meds "for his own use" " some of it during his shifts, according to court documents....
Nursing home lied about woman's 'worsening' stage 4 ulcer until she eventually died: Suit
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (528+ words) Inset: Judy Marsh (Michael Hill Trial Law). Background: The Ohio nursing home, Windsor House at Canfield, where Judy Marsh developed a fatal stage 4 pressure ulcer after staff allegedly neglected her (Google Maps). An Ohio nursing home lied to the family…...
White couple sues fertility clinic after mom gives birth to 'non-Caucasian child"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (464+ words) Tiffany Score and Steven Mills with their baby during a court hearing Wednesday (Orange County Circuit Court via the Orlando Sentinel). A Florida couple is alleging in a lawsuit that a fertility clinic may have mixed up embryos which led…...
Surgeon whose patient died after routine tooth extraction is fighting to keep his license
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (446+ words) Background: Footage from Dr. Faisal Quereshy's deposition (via WOIO). Inset: Matthew Miller (Andras Crematory and Funeral Home Alternatives). An Ohio-based surgeon whose patient died after a routine dental procedure faces the suspension of his license. According to WOIO, a hearing…...
Med spa owner posed as nurse to do IV on patient whose hand turned purple: Police
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (278+ words) Background: Royals Medical Spa in Watford City, N.D. (Google Maps). Inset: Kendra Cain (Watford City Police Department). The owner of a medical spa in North Dakota was arrested after police found out that she did not have a medical license. One…...