Heads in the Sand, Hands Protecting Wallet
I was so enraged this morning that I could not write. That is because I came across this article in today’s New York Times. It’s about an American hospital that overradiated stroke patients undergoing CT brain perfusion scans, despite a virtual tsunami of warnings. According to reporter Walt Bogdanich: The patients at Cabell Huntington Hospital [...]
Update and Additional Twist on Story of FL Judge’s Retained Sponge
Since posting the story about the unfortunate Florida judge, I have come to learn that contrary to what I initially reported, the hospital has reached a settlement with the judge. The judge is now suing the surgeons and the radiologist involved. The article with the more comprehensive information appeared in the Miami Herald. Ashby Jones, [...]
My Suggestion For Reducing Costs Of Medical Malpractice
A Florida judge with diverticulitis trusted his surgeons to perform the surgery he needed in the proper manner. Unfortunately, his trust was misplaced, as they left a foot-long sponge inside his body. And to make matters worse, it took so long for his doctors to figure out what had happened that the sponge was literally [...]