Last year, fentanyl surpassed heroin as the number one drug found in New Hampshire victims of drug overdoses. Fentanyl is a powerful prescription narcotic that is stronger than heroin and more potent than morphine. It is frequently used as an anesthetic during surgeries or prescribed to patients to manage pain. When it reaches the streets, […]
The family of a Connecticut man who died in 2013 at age 56 is suing Derby nurse practitioner Heather Alfonso and the pain clinic where she worked, alleging that her rampant overprescribing of narcotics contributed to his death. Joseph Torchia’s wife and son claim in a lawsuit filed in Waterbury Superior Court that Alfonso, who […]
A civil medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Virginia alleging negligence during a vacuum-assisted delivery alleged to have occurred at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, which the plaintiff asserts resulted in the death of her newborn son. The lawsuit alleges failure to recognize and react to clear signs of fetal distress, failure […]
In West Virginia, state legislators crafted medical malpractice legislation a decade ago that would reduce what they considered “frivolous lawsuits”. They were successful in their efforts but more than a decade later a breast cancer survivor is speaking out about how the new law has denied her the right to seek justice in a courtroom. […]
Bimla Nayyar, an 81-year-old Michigan woman entered Oakwood Hospital in January 2012 for a procedure on her jaw. However, instead of operating on her jaw, surgeons performed brain surgery. She never recovered and died two months later. According to the Detroit Free Press, “Nayyar had been admitted to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn in January 2012 […]
Leapfrog, a national nonprofit organization that grades hospitals on patient safety measures, downgraded four New Hampshire hospitals for patient safety in the last six months. Exeter Hospital was downgraded from an A to a C since last fall. According to Leapfrog, that large of a downgrade only occurred to 11 other hospitals in the entire […]
A woman who has suffered for seven years after a surgical sponge was left inside of her after a C-section has been left with huge hospital bills and continuing medical issues. The sponge was finally removed in 2012 but resulted in the loss of one of her Fallopian tubes and an ovary as well as […]
A South Carolina couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Conway Medical Center, Inc., Olukayode Akinjala, M.D., and Health Partners of South Carolina, Inc. The lawsuit alleges that their child’s birth injuries, including brachial plexus injuries, stem from medical negligence in that the physician was negligent in administering Pitocin for a prolonged period and […]
As part of the Affordable Care Act, The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, established by the healthcare reform law, penalizes hospitals that fall within the worst-performing quartile, based on measures of adverse events occurring during hospital stays, such as pressure ulcers, pulmonary embolisms and certain types of healthcare-associated conditions. In 2015, more than 700 hospitals nationwide […]
Since the Keene methadone treatment center opened its doors in 2006, local police officials have received numerous complaints stemming from suspicious and illegal activity stemming from the business. According to the Keene Sentinel, “Clinic staff call Swanzey police regularly for complaints including unwanted subjects, people sleeping in their cars waiting for the clinic to open, […]
