While most medical professionals do their best to help patients heal or survive, some make mistakes that put their lives at risk. Whether minor or major, willful or accidental, these mistakes can affect patients’ lives for years afterward. If this has happened to you,...
Medical Malpractice
Understanding medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania
When you entrust your own health, or a loved one's, to the care of a medical facility, you assume that they are qualified physicians and staff who are working their hardest to treat your medical condition. In Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations regarding medical...
Can I sue my psychiatrist for medical malpractice?
Imagine your loved one has a surgery scheduled to have his or her gallbladder removed. On the day of the surgery, something goes awry during the procedure, and your loved one passes away. In this kind of situation, a case for medical malpractice might be obvious....
Why would a mother die during childbirth?
Before modern medicine, childbirth was often dangerous. It was not unusual for women to die during labor or shortly after the birth of a child. With today's medical advances, it is not as common, but it does happen more often than it should. Psychology Today explains...
The connection between birth injuries and cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is a common, permanent motor function disability in childhood. It occurs due to an interruption in the child’s early brain development. Any abnormal development of or injury to the brain could trigger CP. No known cure exists for CP. Parents with...
Has your life been devastated by a surgical error?
Many people (perhaps some in Philadelphia) actually have a fear of going to the doctor. If any of them have read stories about the worst surgical mistakes of all time, it's no wonder. You or your children may be among those who have recently undergone some type of...
Help! I was told a “never event” occurred during my surgery
Certain ailments and illnesses require a surgical procedure to fix the issue and even save your life. When you went under anesthesia, you expected to come out of it with the assurance that your prognosis was good, and, after you recover, you would have a new lease on...
What is an infusion pump and what can go wrong?
The Pennsylvania-based ECRI Institute (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) recently released its top 10 list of health care technology hazards for 2017. Leading the way was errors in the usage of infusion pumps in hospitals. An infusion pump is a medical...
What is a forceps delivery?
A forceps delivery is a form of physician-assisted delivery that occurs for a number of reasons, including when a mother cannot push the baby out on her own or when there is a suspected health problem in the baby or mother. In most cases, the physician wants the...