New York Medical Malpractice

Eufemia Martinez died from a botched gastric-bypass surgery. Not only was the surgery botched, it wasn’t even necessary.
“You heard about predatory lending? This was predatory medicine,” the lawyer said. “This surgery is a surgery of last resort. It’s not a cosmetic procedure.”
Martinez’s sons were represented by Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman, a New York Law Firm [...]

The Five Towns Jewish Times had an excellent article that outlined how to protect yourself during your hospital stay.
Upon admission, get yourself a copy of the Patients’ Bill of Rights.
This documents all the rights to which patients are entitled, including the right to be kept apprised of medical care and the right to a safe, [...]

It’s hard to believe, but more deaths come from medical errors than deaths from car accidents, breast cancer and AIDS.
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine concluded that medical errors account for more deaths than motor-vehicle accidents per year. The study called for improvements in the medical profession and found the following:
• Preventable adverse events are [...]

The Journal of Urology recently published a study that suggests that urologists could cut their medical malpractice risk by referring difficult cases. They surveyed 20 years of data from a liability insurance company in New York.
The new study finds those strategies are useless against one of the most common risks: missed or delayed diagnoses. A [...]