With presidential politics in full swing, though the election is more than a year away, one of the topics that might get more attention over the coming days is medical malpractice. Several candidates have expressed their support for revamping the system and putting caps on compensation. Here in Kentucky, we have no such cap, but as you know, proponents of the limits have tried more than once to convince voters
Everyone makes mistakes, including doctors. Most of their errors are relatively minor and cause little or no harm. However, there are cases of negligence, too, in which the doctors and nurses make mistakes that live on in infamy. In one case, a baby was brought to a hospital emergency room. After her initial assessment, she waited for nearly five hours before she was seen by a doctor. The wait allowed
We hope and expect that at each hospital in the Covington and Cincinnati area, there are regular conversations about how to prevent medical malpractice. As we all know, medical negligence by doctors, nurses, and hospitals leads to an unknown number of deaths each year in our nation. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association said physician and hospital negligence is the third leading cause of death
Sometimes people make a point about how simple a problem is by saying, “this isn’t brain surgery.” That’s because operations on the human brain — the most important and least understood organ — are typically carried out by some of the most skilled surgeons anywhere. However, a neurosurgeon far from Covington is making headlines; not for his skill or compassion, but for alleged medical malpractice so egregious that it caused
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