Hospital Negligence
Louisiana man’s Legionnaires’ disease allegedly from VA Hospital
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Hospitals and other medical facilities are places where patients expect to be treated and cured of illnesses and injuries. But as one Louisiana native recently discovered, sometimes one can go to a hospital and end up in worse health off after being admitted than when he or she came in. The man in question went to a Veterans Administration hospital to have a prescription filled. It was a routine visit, or so it seemed at first. But a week later he fell ill — with Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially lethal illness caused by the water-borne Legionella bacteria….
Read MoreHospital negligence cited as cause of death in lawsuit against VA
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, June 12, 2014. Residents of Louisiana and Americans everywhere may be concerned by the recent news of widespread problems and poor care in Veterans Administration hospitals across the nation. For many people though, those feelings hit much closer to home when they hear and witness stories of an individual family’s loss and suffering at the hands of such poor care. One such story is making news and it involves a tragic loss of life that one family alleges was due to negligence on the part of VA hospital staff. The children of a military veteran allege that their father was…
Read MoreDoctor, hospital sued over unnecessary surgeries
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Hospital Negligence on Thursday, May 22, 2014. A cardiologist and the hospital where he operated have been sued over claims that the doctor subjected patients to surgeries that did not improve their health and may have even harmed them. Malpractice lawsuits by two former patients accuse the doctor and the hospital of medical negligence and hospital negligence for implanting unnecessary medical devices. The hospital has denied the allegations in the lawsuits, saying the Department of Justice had investigated complaints against the surgeon and found no basis for a malpractice claim. A medical review board investigation agreed that the hospital met the standard of care in treating…
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