Archive for March 2014

This case involved negligent actions during a medical procedure that left Dr. Di, a neurosurgeon formerly employed by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, no longer able to operate. Back on Feb. 12, 2010, Dr. Di was performing surgery when he injured his left eye. Subsequent to that work-related injury, he underwent surgery to have his eye…

The results of a long-term health trial which found no difference in death rates from breast cancer among women who had regular mammograms and those who did not may further confuse the actual necessary rate of these exams, according to The New York Times. The annual mammogram has been promoted vociferously and continuously as an…

A young married woman who had two young boys was admitted to her local hospital for an infection of her wound site after a resent spine surgery. She needed and IV line established so she could receive fluids and her needed antibiotics to cure her infection. Had this happened she would have been fine, the…