Two Southern Kentucky High School football players were injured in an accident at the intersection of Highway 80 and Barnett Street in Somerset when a semi slammed into their car. William Hinton, 17 years old and Jacobi Gilmore, 16, were not far from the high…
According to an article written by researchers from the University of Utah and published in Health Affairs, one out of every three patients entering a U.S. hospital will experience a medical error while there. “Without a doubt, we’ve seen improvements in health care over the…
You’ve probably read in your Louisville newspaper or heard on TV or radio about people suing doctors or hospitals for “medical malpractice.” The term seems to imply that a medical professional did something deliberately to harm someone, but that is rarely the case. Medical malpractice…
If you have suffered a hip fracture from a fall in a Kentucky hospital, and you have gone through surgery and the subsequent rehabilitation, you know what it means to persevere. The surgery may be relatively simple, but recovery, therapy, and—indeed—survival take courage, determination, and…
Falls by Kentucky elderly people in hospitals or nursing homes are definitely not funny. When elderly people fall, they are much more likely to break bones, particularly hips, than are younger people. As we age, our bones weaken and are more prone to osteoporosis, increasing…
Michael Phelps, 22, a senior at Eastern Kentucky University was injured after a deck he was on collapsed. Phelps was at a party at a home in Richmond’s Castlewood subdivision when the deck on the back of the home collapsed with no warning. Several people…