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Childhood brain injuries require a lifetime of recovery

Researchers recently published a discussion concerning children that have suffered a brain injury during pediatric care. Sadly, for Ohio and Kentucky parents of brain-injured children, the conclusions of leading experts were not encouraging. The overall conclusion was that the recovery process for such children suffering brain injuries would generally last an entire lifetime. An excerpt of the article stated: “Recovery extends well beyond the technical period of rehabilitation. Children, adolescents,

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Failure to diagnose and statutes of limitations

It should never be assumed that patients will prevail in every medical malpractice action. Such lawsuits are complex, and trying such a case often requires an attorney to jump over a number of legal hurdles. In a neighboring state of Ohio and Kentucky, a lawsuit concerning the failure to diagnose a case of malignant melanoma was dismissed by that state’s Supreme Court because the plaintiffs did not bring a lawsuit

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Woman dies of medication error after surgery
Medication Errors

Woman dies of medication error after surgery

While a 45-year-old woman’s cardiac bypass surgery appeared to be a success, hospital officials did not anticipate a post-op error that was to be made just a few hours after the surgery took place. An evening nurse administered anesthesia called Propofol, and the patient soon after died of a cardiac arrest. A jury apparently felt that the nurse was not qualified to administer the anesthesia as it returned a $15

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John Hopkins on losing side of $55 million verdict

One of the nation’s most prestigious hospitals has been ordered to pay $55 million after a jury rendered a verdict in a medical malpractice case. It was alleged at trial that delays by the hospital in treating a mother that was in labor ultimately led to the child being born with cerebral palsy. Kentucky and Ohio readers understand how devastating it must be for a child to be born with

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