Category Archives: hospital medical negligence

Death of a healthy 11 year old boy in surgery

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Pat Iyer

This blog post is reproduced with permission from Beth Boynton of Confident Voices. Beth and Dr. Alan Rosenstein provided an insightful interview for Avoid medical Errors about Bullying in Health Care. On January 15th, 2001, Justin Micalizzi, a healthy 11-year … Continue reading →

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Frivolous lawsuits – are they real?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Pat Iyer

Recently a person who I don’t know (I will call him Bill) emailed me this link to a 2003 Newsweek article called “Lawsuit Hell”. Essentially the article recounts many instances of lawsuits and how they’ve changed people’s behavior. The site … Continue reading →

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Wrong Patient Errors

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Pat Iyer

A man went into the hospital for prostate surgery. It was a straightforward surgery and he should have done well. He was otherwise healthy. He was accidentally wheeled into the wrong room. A physician came into the room holding the … Continue reading →

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The Risks of Tube Feeding

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Pat Iyer

Your father is in the hospital after suffering a stroke. He is not alert enough to be able to swallow. Here are some ways he can be fed: • High calorie intravenous nutrition • A naso gastric tube that is … Continue reading →

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Patient advocacy: Why Nurses Don’t Always Protect You

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Pat Iyer

Tragedy into policy: A quantitative study of nurses’ attitudes toward patient advocacy activities As many as 115 patients may have contracted hepatitis as a result of the reuse of single use items in two clinics in Nevada. The 2008 investigation … Continue reading →

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