On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Does a hospital have a duty to use due care in preventing falls to Parkinson’s patients? The answer is most likely yes, with respect to hospitals both here in Louisiana and nationwide. This is true at least under most typical circumstances where the patient’s symptoms indicate a danger of falling. If the hospital does not provide special procedures to prevent a fall due to the patient’s Parkinson’s or other neurological deficit, this may constitute hospital negligence. That is the answer asserted by an estate administrator representing the interests of a deceased relative who died in the defendant......
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Discharge of patient may cause medical malpractice errors
May 13th, 2016On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Friday, May 13, 2016. When patients in Louisiana are discharged from the hospital and sent home, it can be a danger spot in the treatment process. That sometimes happens because many institutions throughout the country do not have organized discharge protocols that double check whether the right medication and correct instructions are being provided. When a patient is sent home with the wrong medicine or wrong instructions for care, the danger to the patient may be critical and the outcome fatal, thus generating a medical malpractice claim. This happened in October 2013 when a female heart patient was sent home with......
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May 11th, 2016[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”true” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=”” first=”true”][fusion_text] Is Medical Malpractice the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.? New Orleans Brain Injury Lawyer Investigates On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Brain Injuries on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Medical malpractice may be the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a recent......
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