Surgical Errors
You do not have to go at it alone in a medical malpractice case
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Consider a scenario in which you have suffered an injury that requires surgery to treat. You undergo the procedure, and after a few days the hospital releases you to go back home. You think that the worst is behind you. A little recovery time, and you’ll be back to your old self. But as the days turn into weeks and the weeks pass, something seems wrong. You still feel pain where the surgery took place. Instead of getting better, it seems to become worse over time. When you go back to the hospital to inquire about why…
Read MoreDo hospitals benefit from making surgical errors?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Thursday, July 17, 2014. According to a study conducted by researchers from the Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s colleges of medicine and public health, and several other companies, insurers unintentionally reward hospitals that make surgical errors. The study notes the reason for this is the insurance companies compensate these hospitals for the additional support, care, and longer stays of patients that suffer increased complications that might have been prevented during surgery. The study was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers studied the records of over 34,000 people who underwent surgical procedures in 2010. Over 1,800 of these…
Read MoreSurgical error prompts woman to sue Louisiana doctor
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Friday, April 25, 2014. Most residents of the state of Louisiana would prefer to do whatever they can to avoid having to undergo a surgical procedure. There are however times in which it is the only real possibility of a person’s medical condition improving. While there is of course a certain amount of risk involved with virtually any surgery, anyone who has an operation assumes that the health care providers involved in it will not engage in actions that might be deemed negligent. Unfortunately this does sometimes occur. A Louisiana woman, who recently filed a lawsuit against a doctor and his…
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