Hospital Malpractice In The News

BEVERLY and mdash; Beverly Hospital administrators have agreed to meet with members of the community to discuss the future of the North Shore Birth Center. Mother Rebecca Hains, who has been leading a grass-roots campaign to keep the birth center open, said she and four other organizers are arranging to meet with newly appointed interim CEO Henry Ramini and Vice President Chip Payson on the ...

SPRINGFIELD - A jury found Haleigh Poutre's stepfather guilty yesterday of child abuse, three years after the case drew national attention when the state almost took the comatose 11-year-old girl off life support.

When President-elect Barack Obama’s administration tackles universal health care coverage, Massachusetts will likely serve as the national model. But they will also discover a chief problem: a shortage of primary care doctors.

A woman who entered a New York hospital with what she thought was a kidney stone and left a quadruple amputee has filed a multi-million dollar malpractice suit.

Six months after a near-fatal accident, personal-injury lawyer Brian Loncar is training for triathlons again and taking on another big case – his own.

NHS Hospital Trusts that are successful in reducing Clostridium difficile risks in line with government targets still have a 50% chance of paying a financial penalty every year, and around a 95% chance of being fined over three years, warn researchers on bmj.com today.

When Maine’s Legislature convenes in January, its members will face lots of bills about health care, but they should focus like lasers on those initiatives that will reduce health care costs in the short term. That’s because, to paraphrase former President Bill Clinton, “It’s the costs, stupid.”

ASHLAND -- KDMC obstetrician/gynecologist Brian Frederick, M.D., and urologist Timothy Dixon, M.D., have earned a special designation by Intuitive Surgical for their accomplishments associated with the use of the da Vinci Surgical System. Intuitive lists on the Web site the names of the physicians who have completed a recommended number of da Vinci cases in the past year, resulting in positive ..

ALGONQUIN – An investigation into the drownings of three Chicago high school students on the Fox River will continue into next week, said spokewomen for the McHenry County Conservation District Police and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

A woman sues doctors after complications from kidney stones lead to amputations.