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He was a trusted doctor for decades in a town not much smaller than Covington. People listened carefully when the cardiologist spoke and they followed his recommendations. When the Munster, Indiana, physician advised them to take medication, they took it. When the heart specialist said someone needed stents inserted, that’s what happened. And when he told folks that they needed open heart surgery, their chests were split open so that

Covington residents who missed a recent report from Cincinnati’s WCPO will be interested in the latest developments in the case of the spine doctor who performed unnecessary operations. The hospital where he performed a number of medically unneeded spine surgeries has agreed to pay $4.1 million to Medicare and Medicaid. Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani performed lumbar, thoracic, and cervical surgeries at West Chester Hospital during a three-year period ending in

When a person prevails in a medical malpractice lawsuit, there are a number of emotions that they can experience, including relief that justice was done and that they will receive compensation for things such as past and future medical bills. Sometimes a person who prevails feels vindication knowing they have proven to a court that they were harmed by a negligent Covington doctor or Kentucky hospital. In other cases, however,

Virtually everyone carries a smartphone, which means everyone also carries with them a camera and audio recorder. We can see the power of these media tools on the news virtually every day, as fires, crimes, car accidents, arrests and more are captured on phones and then shared with the world. The health care industry is aware of the rapid rise of personal media, too. A recent article in Medical Economics