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Hospital Found At Fault, Jury Awards $4 Million to Patient With Surgical Sponge Left in Him

Hospital held liable, jury verdict over $4 million for damages after hospital nurses failed to account for surgical sponge left in patient who underwent surgery, which resulted in permanent lifelong injuries.

Hospital Mistake May Have Caused Baby's Death

Hospital mistakenly flushes 7-month old Indiana baby with alcohol instead of saline during heart surgery causing infant to die.

Radiation Overdose: National issue, hardly known to patients

Patients who received or were exposed to too much radiation in Kentucky hospitals, or who may have been subject to radiation overdose, while being treated for cancer may have unknowingly suffered injuries that can prove to be permanent, life-threatening or fatal.

Radiation Treatment Can Prove Deadly

We know radiation has the ability to save lives, however, serious injuries and death have also been linked to radiation treatment - patients who unknowingly believed they were undergoing lifesaving treatment were, instead, hit with lethal doses of radiation.

Are Hospitals Exposing Patients to Over-Radiation?

Concerns are being raised over recent studies suggesting hospitals may be exposing patients to over-radiation.

Lawsuit Claims Hospital Should Have Known Doctor Presented Danger to Patients

From the Lexington Herald-Leader:

"At first glance, surgeon John Christian Gunn seemed golden.

A graduate of Yale Medical School, he was eager to join Maysville's Meadowview Regional Medical Center, an acute-care facility that couldn't wait to get him on staff, according to court documents.

But within months of his 2005 arrival in Kentucky from Hillsboro, Texas, two of Gunn's surgeries had gone dangerously awry, leading a Maysville physician to bluntly write to a hospital administrator saying that Gunn was a danger to patients.

hortly after that warning, 71-year-old Herberta "Bertie" Lang was dead following one of Gunn's surgeries. Ironically, the physician who had warned the hospital was Lang's personal doctor.

A trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Mason County Circuit Court, where Lang's family has sued Meadowview, its former chief executive and the company that operates the hospital for corporate negligence.

Gunn's insurance company settled last year with the family. Terms of the settlement are confidential.

Todd Thompson, the attorney for Meadowview Regional Medical Center; its owner, Lifepoint Hospitals; and former Meadowview chief executive officer David Loving did not return phone calls requesting comment.

Gunn was granted temporary privileges at Meadowview even though he had taken and failed the General Surgery Board exams in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also failed the exam in 2006.

Hospitals use their own discretion on whether to insist on board certification before allowing physicians to do surgery.

The case raises questions about how the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure monitors and credentials doctors. When Gunn received his Kentucky medical license in 2006, his temporary privileges at Meadowview had already been revoked. The licensure board file notes that it did not know that.

It's unclear what Gunn did after he left Kentucky. He told the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure that he was going to Miami for a fellowship, and Florida Department of Health records indicate an active resident's status."

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Actor's Family Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit With Hospital

From the Los Angeles Times:

"Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly reached a settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for $750,000 over a medication error last year that nearly killed the couple's twin infants, according to papers filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Nurses at the hospital mistakenly gave twins Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace 1,000 times the recommended dose of the blood thinner heparin, leaving them vulnerable to uncontrolled bleeding and leaving them, for a time, in critical condition."

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Medication errors  occur frequently and can lead to serious health consequences and even death.  The law firm of Gray and White Law represents victims of medical malpractice.  If you or a loved one has been injured as the result of  a medication error or other medical negligence, please contact the experienced legal team at Gray and White Law for a free consultation.  For more information, see our online library.