Archive for the ‘Medical Malpractice’ Category
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Covidien Ltd. (NYSE: COV; BSX: COV) today announced that a federal jury has ruled in favor of the Company in the patent litigation case Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical. The jury ruled that United States Surgical, a Covidien subsidiary, does not infringe Applied Medical's U.S. Patent No. ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A 37 year old registered adult nurse from Wigan, Lancashire has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register after being found guilty of falsifying a patient's records in an attempt to cover up omissions in his care.
Mrs Victoria Galang was employed at St Georges Nursing Home in Wigan ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A 39 year old midwife from Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales has been suspended from practising for 12 months following a hearing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Cardiff.
Meryl McKenna was employed as a Senior Midwife at Wrexham Maelor Hospital between 2004 and 2005 when she made a false statement about ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A 58 year old adult nurse from Wolverhampton has been removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register following a hearing at the regulator's offices in London.
Mr Leonard Bevan was employed as Manager of Cranmere Court Nursing Home, Tettenhall at the time of the allegations which involved instances of ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
A deputy sheriff, Charlette Marshall-Jones, has been charged with felony abuse after a surveillance camera filmed her tipping a quadriplegic* man from his wheelchair at a police station in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida, USA.
The quadriplegic man, Mr. Sterner, 44, who is able to drive, had been arrested for a driving ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Seven former medical officials are on trial in France following a 17 year investigation into over 100 deaths from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) of young patients treated with contaminated growth hormones.
The defendants, retired doctors and pharmacists in their 70s and 80s, are accused of manslaughter, aggravated deception and causing unintentional injury, ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday delayed a grand jury investigation of abortion provider George Tiller and his Wichita, Kan.-based clinic until it determines if the panel should convene, the AP/Guardian reports (Manning, AP/Guardian, 10/27). Attorneys for Tiller earlier this month filed a motion with the state Supreme Court to ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri last week filed a second lawsuit in Jackson County, Mo., asking the court to exclude clinics that offer only medical abortions from a state law (SB 370) designating facilities providing some abortions as "ambulatory surgical centers" to exclude clinics that offer only medical abortions, ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Being burned over 85 percent of your body or losing your breasts at age 26 would devastate even the most steadfast person. Despite horrific obstacles like these, some plastic surgery patients turn these challenges into opportunities to inspire and help others in need. Four such reconstructive plastic surgery heroes were ...
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