Following medical malpractice and legal news in New York
If you have been treated at the Life Care Dialysis Center in New York City, you may be at risk for contracting hepatitis and HIV. The New York State Department of Health recently examined the center and found gross violations of treatment protocol that has already lead to one case of hepatitis C.
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Are medical malpractice rates in New York state and elsewhere driving doctors out of practice? Texas has recently implemented limits to medical malpractice lawsuit payouts, and doctors are flocking there seeking lower malpractice premiums.
The state medical board now is backlogged with applications from doctors seeking to practice in the state, with 2,500 applications pending at [...]
According to many, the medical malpractice crisis in New York state is reaching fevered pitch. In today’s Staten Island Advance, Dr. Joseph DeSena Richmond writes a letter to the editor on the subject urging citizens of the state to write to their local representatives and ask them to help with with problem.
As with most issues, [...]