Every year, doctors misdiagnose about twelve million Americans. About a third of these cases result in death or serious injury. Doctors have a lot of power. Most patients rely exclusively on doctors for all their healthcare information and treatment. With great power...
Should Doctors BE CALM About Birth Injuries?
The birth complication rate in the United States has increased over 30 percent since 2014. As the number of serious complications increases, one would think that doctors would be better prepared to deal with them. Legally, they have a responsibility to be prepared for...
The (Not So Lucky) Seven Most Misdiagnosed Conditions in Kentucky
Medical technology has advanced so much in recent years it’s hard to believe misdiagnosis is the leading cause of medical malpractice claims in the Bluegrass State. However, upon closer inspection, this fact isn’t that surprising. People, not tools, misdiagnose...
The Before, During, and After of Surgical Mistakes
At all phases of medical treatment, surgeons in Kentucky have a fiduciary duty. That’s the highest level of legal responsibility. Doctors and other professionals, like stock brokers and accountants, must completely disregard their own financial and nonfinancial...
Most Common Hospital Infections in Kentucky
Generally, people go to hospitals because they are sick or injured, and they expect to recover from their illness or injury. However, many people get worse instead of better. Roughly one in twenty hospital patients develop a serious infection during their stays. These...
Common Infant Brain Injuries in Lexington
The average newborn baby in Kentucky weighs about seven pounds. That’s not much heavier than a two-liter bottle of soda. So, during birth, if a doctor uses enough force on a baby’s head to unscrew the top of a Coke bottle, that pressure could cause a permanent brain...
Help! The Doctor Used the HELPER Mnemonic!
Partially because of the prevalence of birth injuries, the United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Doctors usually have very little time to react to delivery room emergencies. Like many of us, when the pressure is on and the clock is...
Local Woman Claims Fertility Doctor Abused Her
According to court documents, a Lexington doctor fertilized a woman’s eggs with his own sperm, although she did not consent to this procedure. A Kentucky woman said she visited a fertility specialist in 1988. The doctor claimed that the sperm donor was a 24-year-old...
Birth Injuries: A Closer Look
Some people are very cool under pressure. In March of 2000, a mom in Oaxaca performed a C-section on herself. After Inés Ramírez Pérez had been in pain for about twelve hours, and almost immediately after she downed three shots of liquor, she used a kitchen knife to...
A Closer Look at Anesthesia Negligence
Anesthesia is an important component of the roughly 60 million surgical procedures which take place in the United States every year. Since anesthesiologists play such a vital role in the surgical care process, they also have a very high duty of care, just like all...
