Robert Painter

Robert Painter

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Robert Painter is an award-winning medical malpractice attorney at Painter Law Firm Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Houston, Texas. He is a former hospital administrator who represents patients and family members in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuits all over Texas. Contact him for a free consultation and strategy session by calling 281-580-8800 or emailing him right now.

Three types of nursing malpractice
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Three types of nursing malpractice

Texas hospitals are responsible for the negligence of their nurses (but almost never for their doctors)

Robert Painter
Robert Painter
X-rays and CT scans: Radiation risk and malpractice
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X-rays and CT scans: Radiation risk and malpractice

Unnecessary orders for costly radiology diagnostic imaging studies increases cancer risk

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Robert Painter
Prenatal care, testing, and medical malpractice
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Prenatal care, testing, and medical malpractice

When an OB/GYN group misses an important prenatal test, it can create dangerous risks to the mom and baby

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Robert Painter
What you should know about peripheral arterial disease and revascularization surgery malpractice
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What you should know about peripheral arterial disease and revascularization surgery malpractice

12/2017 study: Peripheral endovascular revascularization has a 17.6% unplanned 30-day hospital readmission rate

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Robert Painter
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Hillcrest Waco medical malpractice lawyer/attorney
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Hillcrest Waco medical malpractice lawyer/attorney

Since 2011, Medicare and Medicaid cited this hospital with four violations (operating under its former name of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center)

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Robert Painter
What you should know about abnormal neurological signs
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What you should know about abnormal neurological signs

When a patient is acting out of character or cannot move parts of the body, it can be an early sign of a medical emergency

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Robert Painter
Aortic dissection is a dangerous possibility in car wrecks and even chest pain
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Aortic dissection is a dangerous possibility in car wrecks and even chest pain

Our aortic dissection lawyers have handled cases where delays in diagnosis and treatment caused paralysis or death

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Robert Painter
Jaundice is easy to treat, but dangerous to ignore
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Jaundice is easy to treat, but dangerous to ignore

Failure to treat newborn jaundice can cause permanent brain damage called kernicterus

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Robert Painter
Plastic surgery patient paralyzed, cannot walk
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Plastic surgery patient paralyzed, cannot walk

Surgeons frequently minimize the serious risk of plastic or cosmetic surgical procedures

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Robert Painter
When it comes to doctors, what you don’t know can hurt you
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When it comes to doctors, what you don’t know can hurt you

Federal and Texas laws keep hospital investigations of poor physician care privileged and secret

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Robert Painter