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Failure to provide mentally ill patient hospital care

The mentally ill often do not get the care that they need, and the severity of their illness is often misdiagnosed. A 30-year-old man from Ohio who had been hospitalized a number of times for schizophrenia nevertheless was able to get behind the wheel of a car 18 days after he had attempted suicide. The young man then slammed his car head-on into another vehicle killing him and an individual

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Misdiagnosis of a pulmonary embolism results in death

A patient has arrived at the hospital with complaints of chest pains and shortness of breath. The doctor failed to diagnose his condition, suggested that the patient was suffering from a virus, and instead of treating him, told the patient he could go home. No medication was prescribed and it appears the only treatment suggested was bed rest. The patient went home but felt that something much worse was wrong

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Failure to diagnose breast cancer

An Ohio woman noticed a large knot on her right breast and went to the hospital to get it checked out. The original diagnosis was a fibrous cyst. Sometime later, the next diagnosis was an infection. Finally, after some delay, an ultrasound and mammogram diagnosed the problem as stage III breast cancer. This misdiagnosis and/or failure to diagnose did not cause such a delay that the cancer became untreatable, but

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Failure to diagnose Ohio woman’s breast cancer nearly fatal

Even with the tremendous advances in medical technology in recent decades, healthcare professionals continue to misdiagnose patients. Sometimes, these mistakes may be understandable as the body is a complex instrument, and symptoms may indicate any number of possible illnesses. Nevertheless, a failure to diagnose cancer is a profoundly serious mistake that may be indicative of negligence on the part of the doctor and others. Unfortunately, one Ohio woman learned this

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Failure to diagnose cancer led to daughter’s death

A woman who lost her daughter to breast cancer spoke out about her experience at a recent breast cancer awareness event in Ohio. Her experience serves as a tragic reminder that a failure to diagnose cancer by health care professionals does happen. She stressed the importance of getting a second opinion and a mammogram. The woman’s daughter discovered a lump in her breast at age 21. She immediately went to

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Woman dies after failed diagnosis of a heart attack

Medical misdiagnosis happens far too often in Kentucky, Ohio, and many other states across the U.S. Unfortunately, many of these mistakes can be fatal. One case in point occurred in West Virginia and led to the victim’s family being awarded $4 million based on a physician’s failure to diagnose a heart attack. The beginning of this story took place in 2009 when a woman was transported from one medical facility

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