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March 25, 2009
Negligence Leads to Contamination at VA Clinics
Officials just announced Monday that veterans in South Florida may have been exposed to Hepatitis and HIV after being examined with contaminated medical equipment at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.
January 7, 2008
Illinois Family Awarded $9 M for Doctor Errors
Last month the family of a boy from Illinois who lost his life during a relatively simple surgery at Condell Medical Center was awarded $9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit as the result of doctor errors and medical malpractice.
December 29, 2008
Nevada Doctor Charged with Medical Malpractice
Kevin Buckwalter, a Las Vegas-area family doctor, has recently been stripped of his medical license after a series of investigations revealed that at least eight of his patients died due to negligence and medical malpractice.
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Birth Trauma
Medical Malpractice is one of the causes of birth trauma.
The brain regulates and coordinates all body activities. It is essential the brain get oxygen in order to conduct these activities. Traumatic birth injuries is a term used to describe both avoidable and unavoidable mechanical and anoxic trauma during labor and delivery.
Anoxic trauma involves a situation in which there is diminished oxygen in the arterial blood supply despite the infant's otherwise-normal ability to carry oxygen. The diminished oxygen in the blood supply may be due to a reduced oxygen supply, respiratory obstruction, or inadequate respiratory movements. Mechanical trauma involves...
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