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It was nearly two years ago that I received a telephone call one morning at around 10 am from my father, concerned that ...
07/12/2015

It was nearly two years ago that I received a telephone call one morning at around 10 am from my father, concerned that my 87 y/o mother was ill and, since my parents had developed an unbreakable habit of keeping such things to themselves for a while, ‘surprise!’, she had been ill the past few days and had not been eating or drinking. [ 3681 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7905/delirium-under-diagnosed-life-threat-malpractice-potential/

Delirium is a life threatening, reversible, common disturbance in cognition, attention, and consciousness of sudden onset frequently seen in the elderly. 

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Trinity Health Corporation, which operates 80 hospitals nationwide, for refu...
13/10/2015

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Trinity Health Corporation, which operates 80 hospitals nationwide, for refusing to provide pregnant women suffering from life-threatening emergency complications with abortions, which are the standard of care. Trinity abides by something called the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDCHCS), authored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, when it comes to how medical care is provided to pregnant women. [ 1387 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7843/lawsuit-catholic-hospitals-ignore-violate-standard-of-care-law/

The ACLU says Trinity Health Catholic Hospitals violate federal law and the standard of care in their treatment of many pregnant women.

On the morning of August 1, 2015, Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson, 48. abandoned his pickup truck on Commerce Street at a cros...
02/09/2015

On the morning of August 1, 2015, Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson, 48. abandoned his pickup truck on Commerce Street at a crosswalk and ran towards the nearby Dallas County Jail. Deputies say he ran first to the jail’s south tower yelling that his wife was after him and trying to hurt him. Then he went to the main lobby claiming she was trying to kill him. [ 1584 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7788/man-dies-in-lobby-of-dallas-co-jail-during-arrest-why/

An examination of the death of Joseph Hutcheson in the lobby of the Dallas County jail. VIDEO

Kids Wish Network, Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, Cancer Fund of America, Children’s Wish Foundation, Breast Can...
26/08/2015

Kids Wish Network, Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, Cancer Fund of America, Children’s Wish Foundation, Breast Cancer Relief Foundation….they all sound like worthwhile causes working hard to benefit victims of terrible diseases. But none of them are. In fact these 5 charities are amongst the top 10 worst charities in the United States. Each of these charities has raised tens of millions of dollars over the last decade while spending less than 3% on actual services to the people they claim to be helping (Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation spent 0.7% on actual direct aid and there are a number of charities out there that spent NOTHING). [ 1050 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7779/many-medical-charities-line-pockets-with-most-of-donations/

Dozens of so-called charities for cancer, sick children, the disabled, firefighters, police and more spend almost nothing on direct aid.

Tuscon AZ - Ilda Garcia pled guilty in July to practicing medicine without a license, fraudulent schemes and artifices a...
11/08/2015

Tuscon AZ - Ilda Garcia pled guilty in July to practicing medicine without a license, fraudulent schemes and artifices and aggravated assault causing serious physical injury, and has now been sentenced to 7 years in prison. Garcia and co-defendant Gustavo Nuñez, who will be tried next year, performed liposuction and breast augmentation at their "clinic", NuTec, located in an industrial warehouse. [ 143 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7762/az-woman-gets-7-years-for-performing-surgery-without-license/

Ilda Garcia performed liposuction and breast augmentation despite having no medical training of any kind.

FARGO ND -- A Fargo district court jury has found that Fargo surgeon Jon Norberg was not defamed by his ex-wife. Dr. Nor...
29/07/2015

FARGO ND -- A Fargo district court jury has found that Fargo surgeon Jon Norberg was not defamed by his ex-wife. Dr. Norberg had sued Alonna Norberg, also a physician, claiming that she made false claims and acted maliciously in having criminal charges for r**e brought against him. Jon Norberg was acquitted in 2012 on charges he drugged his wife with propofol and then r**ed her. [ 52 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7733/dr-norberg-loses-defamation-suit-against-his-wife/

FARGO ND — A Fargo district court jury has found that Fargo surgeon Jon Norberg was not defamed by his ex-wife. Dr. Norberg had sued Alonna Norberg, also a physician, claiming that she made false claims and acted maliciously in having criminal charges for r**e brought against him. Jon Norberg was ac…

Dr. Dipak Desai, the subject of a number of our articles which can be seen on out dedicated Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak ...
15/07/2015

Dr. Dipak Desai, the subject of a number of our articles which can be seen on out dedicated Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak page, has been sentenced to more time in jail on federal medicare and insurance fraud charges. Desai is currently serving 18 years to life in state prison for 2nd degree murder and 26 other charges stemming from the largest hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada history. [ 504 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7692/jailed-nv-hep-c-outbreak-doc-sentenced-to-more-time/

Dr. Dipak Desai, already jailed for 18-life, has been sentenced to more time in jail on federal medicare and insurance fraud charges.

Hospitals can be held liable for the negligent acts of physicians, nurses, and others when they are employed by the faci...
29/06/2015

Hospitals can be held liable for the negligent acts of physicians, nurses, and others when they are employed by the facility. However they can also be held liable when it only APPEARS these individuals are hospital employees. We are going to explore one such case, but first a couple of definitions. Ostensible Agent: a person who has been given the appearance of being an employee or acting (an agent) for another (principal), which would make anyone dealing with the ostensible agent reasonably believe he/she was an employee or agent. [ 2563 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7663/legal-lesson-ostensible-agent-liability-in-medical-malpractice/

Physicians and nurses who are not hospital employees, but appear to be, create liability for the hospital when they are negligent.

Adam Walton was just 3 years old when he underwent open heart surgery to correct congenital defects on May 27, 1986 at S...
13/06/2015

Adam Walton was just 3 years old when he underwent open heart surgery to correct congenital defects on May 27, 1986 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York. The operative note states that a "[p]olyvinyl catheter was placed within left atrium for recording atrial pressure." The surgery was completed without incident and Walton was moved to intensive care. On May 30, 1986, the third post-operative day, the catheter was removed. [ 605 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7645/lawsuit-piece-of-catheter-left-in-heart-in-1986-found-2008/

Adam Walton was just 3 years old when he underwent open heart surgery to correct congenital defects on May 27, 1986 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York. The operative note states that a “[p]olyvinyl catheter was placed within [Walton’s] left atrium for recording atrial pressure.” The s…

From Campus Safety Magazine. Two men, one in Texas and one in Tennessee, were arrested after posing as doctors in hospit...
07/06/2015

From Campus Safety Magazine. Two men, one in Texas and one in Tennessee, were arrested after posing as doctors in hospitals last week in unrelated incidents. 23-year-old Terrance King was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and evading arrest after posing as a physician at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas on May 26. When a nurse noticed King walk in and out of a patient’s room and asked him what he was doing, he claimed to be shadowing a doctor. [ 292 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7632/two-arrested-in-separate-incidents-for-impersonating-physicians/

From Campus Safety Magazine. Two men, one in Texas and one in Tennessee, were arrested after posing as doctors in hospitals last week in unrelated incidents. 23-year-old Terrance King was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and evading arrest after posing as a physician at Children’s Medical…

Three OBGYN physicians and Planned Parenthood have brought suit in Federal court to block part of a state law that requi...
07/06/2015

Three OBGYN physicians and Planned Parenthood have brought suit in Federal court to block part of a state law that requires doctors to tell women that drug-induced abortions can be reversed. The new law, set to go in effect July 3rd, requires physicians to tell ALL patients, regardless of whether they are even candidates for a drug induced abortion, that such abortions can be reversed with hormone therapy. [ 123 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7623/az-docs-sue-abortion-law-forces-them-to-lie-to-patients/

Three doctors sue in Federal court to block state law that requires doctors to tell women that drug-induced abortions can be reversed.

In a sweeping 4 state illegal prescription drug trafficking and abuse operation last week, the largest in the history of...
27/05/2015

In a sweeping 4 state illegal prescription drug trafficking and abuse operation last week, the largest in the history of the DEA., 22 physicians and pharmacists were arrested and 42 DEA Registrations to prescribe or dispense controlled substances were suspended or surrendered. The doctors and pharmacists arrested are part of a total of 280 individuals arrested on Federal and state charges related to their illegal pharmaceutical trafficking activities. [ 232 more words. ]

http://lawmedconsultant.com/7610/largest-ever-dea-prescription-drug-enforcement-operation/

Largest Ever DEA Prescription Drug Enforcement Operation across 4 states nets 280 arrests for prescription drug trafficking.

Jailed Nevada Hepatitis Outbreak Doctor Guilty On More Charges http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Y9
18/04/2015

Jailed Nevada Hepatitis Outbreak Doctor Guilty On More Charges http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Y9

Already serving a sentence of 18 years to life in prison for his role in the 2007 Hepatitis C outbreak at an endoscopy clinic in Nevada, former physician Dipak Desai, 65, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud, and defrauding Medicare and other insurance companies. Desai was padding the bills for anesthesia services by inflating the amount of time anesthesia was treating the patient. [ 322 more words. ]

Best free Medical Surgical Video Website on the Internet!
19/12/2014

Best free Medical Surgical Video Website on the Internet!

Free Medical Surgical Videos Neurosurgery, thoracic, orthopedic, transplant, anesthesiology, radiology, cardiology, nursing, anatomy,education, prehospital, EMS

Two At Pharmacy Charged With 25 Murders From Contaminated Meds http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Wm
19/12/2014

Two At Pharmacy Charged With 25 Murders From Contaminated Meds http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Wm

The founder of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy and one of it's pharmacists have been indicted on federal charge including twenty-five counts of second degree murder. New England Compounding Pharmacy Co-founder Barry Cadden and Glenn Adam Chin, a pharmacist who was in charge of the sterile room, are accused in a federal indictment of "acting in wanton and willful disregard of the likelihood " that their actions would cause death or great bodily harm, officials said. [ 417 more words. ]

23/10/2014

FBI Raids California Ambulance Company http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Vm

From the Orange County Register Federal agents on Tuesday raided the offices of ProCare Mobile Response, a Los Angeles-based ambulance company that was named earlier this year as an alleged co-conspirator in a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that an illegal kickback scheme bilked millions of dollars from Medicare and Medi-Cal. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. [ 224 more words. ]

Ebola Jokes. Too Soon? Consensus Is Yes. http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Ve
22/10/2014

Ebola Jokes. Too Soon? Consensus Is Yes. http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Ve

Joking about Ebola is not only not yet 'ripe' for actual comedy just yet, it can also land you in jail and/or result in profuse apologies. Now don't get me wrong. Lawmed can find humor in just about anything, but the hilarity factor of Ebola jokes/pranks most often leaves an audience flat, and likely hostile, and the jokester potentially in jail but frequently full of regret. [ 886 more words. ]

Man Wakes From Colonoscopy Dressed In Pink Panties, Sues http://wp.me/pu2dn-1V9
19/10/2014

Man Wakes From Colonoscopy Dressed In Pink Panties, Sues http://wp.me/pu2dn-1V9

Dover, DE - Andrew Walls, 32,was an employee at the Delaware Surgery Center when he underwent a colonoscopy at the facility on Oct. 12, 2012. Apparently he had some co-workers who had difficulty determining where to draw the line with practical jokes since when he awakened he was wearing a pair of pink women's underwear. He was un-amused and now he is suing the facility and the surgical group of the physician who did his procedure, claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress. [ 197 more words. ]

Mom Jailed For Removing 3 y/o With Broken Neck From Hospital http://wp.me/pu2dn-1UB
18/10/2014

Mom Jailed For Removing 3 y/o With Broken Neck From Hospital http://wp.me/pu2dn-1UB

Aliya Bey, 32, of Homewood, Pa. has been jailed on a charge of Child Endangerment after removing her daughter from the hospital because she was "tired of waiting." The 3-year-old had been complaining of a stiff neck so mom took her to Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh on Monday. X-rays there revealed a C2 fracture. Fractures of Cervical vertebrae #2 are incredibly dangerous and can shift, resulting in spinal cord damage which causes the victim to stop breathing due to paralysis of the diaphragm. [ 123 more words. ]

Alabama Adopts Worst Lethal Injection Protocol Yet http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Uq
14/10/2014

Alabama Adopts Worst Lethal Injection Protocol Yet http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Uq

In a move of jaw-dropping medical ignorance, the state of Alabama has adopted a 3 drug lethal injection protocol guaranteed to torture condemned prisoners as they are executed. Perhaps however Alabama's intention is to simply kill their death row inmates efficiently and without prisoners being able to express their agony to witnesses observing from behind the glass partition. In that case they have chosen a perfect drug combination. [ 1250 more words. ]

Anesthesiologist Shoots Nurse Bride And Self Hours After Wedding http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Uj
11/10/2014

Anesthesiologist Shoots Nurse Bride And Self Hours After Wedding http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Uj

Terre Haute, IN - Dr. George Sampson, an anesthesiologist at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, and nurse Kelly Ecker were married last Saturday afternoon. Before the reception was over the couple was arguing and the groom had gone home alone. At a post-reception party at the couple's home guests noticed a continued strained relationship between the two. Shortly after the last guest had left, Ecker made three 911 calls desperately pleading for help, saying her husband was beating her and she feared for her life. [ 325 more words. ]

03/09/2014

ER Doc Drugs, Rapes, Murders Pregnant Woman, Whines About Sentence http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Te

23 year-old Deanna Ballman told her mother over the telephone that she was going to clean a house for someone who had posted an ad on Craigslist. The next day, August 1, 2012, she was found in her car dead of an apparent he**in overdose on a country road… [ 496 more words. ]

31/08/2014

Recent Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Lawsuits and News http://wp.me/pu2dn-1T9

$4 Million Awarded to Plaintiff in Alabama Medical Malpractice Case AL.com JASPER, Alabama – A Carbon Hill woman, who claims her husband died in 2008 because a doctor mistook symptoms of a heart attack for a stomach illness, has been awarded $4 million by… [ 1168 more words. ]

IL Nurse Arrested By FBI On Medicare Fraud Charges http://wp.me/pu2dn-1ST
14/08/2014

IL Nurse Arrested By FBI On Medicare Fraud Charges http://wp.me/pu2dn-1ST

From the FBI press release dated July 29, 2014: CHICAGO—A registered nurse who operates a suburban health care provider that sends physicians to patients’ homes was arrested today on a federal health care fraud charge. The defendant, DIANA JOCELYN GUMILA,… [ 1057 more words. ]

S.C. Physician Cooked Nine Dogs In His Car, Jailed http://wp.me/pu2dn-1SN
14/08/2014

S.C. Physician Cooked Nine Dogs In His Car, Jailed http://wp.me/pu2dn-1SN

Mt. Pleasant, S.C.- Dr.Charles A. Bickerstaff, 64, of James Island, S.C. has been arrested on nine counts of animal cruelty after leaving nine Cavalier King Charles Spaniels locked in his car for three hours on a hot day. All nine of the animals died.… [ 353 more words. ]

AZ Botched Ex*****on Used 15X Drug Quantities In Protocol http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Rs
04/08/2014

AZ Botched Ex*****on Used 15X Drug Quantities In Protocol http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Rs

Arizona, following the example of the state of Ohio, employed a previously untried combination of two drugs, midazolam and hydromorphone, with even worse results than the botched Ohio experience back in January. Joseph Wood, 55, a convicted double… [ 771 more words. ]

Docs Say Man Lied About Circumcision Turned Amputation http://wp.me/pu2dn-1S3
03/08/2014

Docs Say Man Lied About Circumcision Turned Amputation http://wp.me/pu2dn-1S3

“Drop your pants sir” would be Law Med’s opening request to Mr. Johnny Lee Banks Jr, 56, of Birmingham, Alabama. In fact Mr. Banks likely has a line of folks waiting for him to do just that after his lawyer, John Graves, filed a lawsuit… [ 416 more words. ]

PA Woman Poses As Dr, Gives Truckers Physicals In Her House http://wp.me/pu2dn-1QK
02/07/2014

PA Woman Poses As Dr, Gives Truckers Physicals In Her House http://wp.me/pu2dn-1QK

A suspicious truck driver turned undercover sleuth after being given a physical required for his commercial driver’s license at the home of Joann Elizabeth Wingate, 56. The trucker answered an ad offering the required physical for $65 posted at the… [ 226 more words. ]

Breaking Healthcare News May 8, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1PO
08/05/2014

Breaking Healthcare News May 8, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1PO

Today’s Healthcare Headlines: UPMC strengthens financials despite battles on multiple fronts The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center continued to strengthen its financial position this year in a market that has seen bitter contract disputes and… [ 258 more words. ]

Dentist Pulls All Of 23 y/o’s Healthy Teeth For No Good Reason http://wp.me/pu2dn-1PQ
08/05/2014

Dentist Pulls All Of 23 y/o’s Healthy Teeth For No Good Reason http://wp.me/pu2dn-1PQ

St. Louis MO – A dentist pulled 28 healthy teeth from a 23-year-old man’s mouth for no good reason, charging more than $5,000 to a credit card belonging to the man’s mother claims a lawsuit filed in St. Louis County Court. Mark D. Meyers, DDS, saw… [ 216 more words. ]

04/05/2014

Oklahoma Botches Ex*****on Using New Drug Protocol, But Kills Inmate http://wp.me/pu2dn-1OG

OK…here it is in a nutshell: Oklahoma, like other states, can’t get the drugs it wants for its executions because manufacturers around the world have united in their refusal to sell drugs for the purpose of lethal injection. So Oklahoma, like… [ 1932 more words. ]

Breaking Healthcare News May 2, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1OF
02/05/2014

Breaking Healthcare News May 2, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1OF

Today’s Healthcare Headlines: Cardinal Health sees earnings drop after losing Walgreen contact Healthcare products supplier Cardinal Health, still recovering from the loss of a major contract with Walgreen Co., reported lower net earnings and… [ 208 more words. ]

Scientology’s Narconon Sued For Breach Of Contract, Fraud, Negligence http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Og
07/04/2014

Scientology’s Narconon Sued For Breach Of Contract, Fraud, Negligence http://wp.me/pu2dn-1Og

Cathy Tarr and her son Michael are suing one of Scientology’s Narconon drug rehab centers in Nevada federal court claiming they misrepresent themselves and their treatment program as being a secular, medically proven alternative in drug treatment… [ 1273 more words. ]

Breaking Healthcare News April 2, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1O8
02/04/2014

Breaking Healthcare News April 2, 2014 http://wp.me/pu2dn-1O8

Today’s Healthcare Headlines: Obama signs ‘doc-fix’ bill President Barack Obama signed into law legislation to give doctors temporary relief from a flawed Medicare payment formula that threatened them with a 24% cut in their fees. ICD-10… [ 274 more words. ]

77 y/o Physician Assistant Guilty In $7M Wheelchair Medicare Fraud http://wp.me/pu2dn-1O9
02/04/2014

77 y/o Physician Assistant Guilty In $7M Wheelchair Medicare Fraud http://wp.me/pu2dn-1O9

From Courthouse News Service LOS ANGELES (CN) – A 77-year-old physician assistant faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to signing fraudulent prescriptions for $7 million in wheelchairs and other medical equipment at two… [ 102 more words. ]

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