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Hospitals

Kingwood Medical Center medical malpractice lawyer/attorney

Kingwood Medical Center medical malpractice lawyer/attorney

Since November 2012, Medicare and Medicaid surveyors have cited Kingwood Medical Center with nine violations

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital medical malpractice lawyer/attorney

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital medical malpractice lawyer/attorney

Since December 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services surveyors have cited has cited Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital with five deficiencies

Two risks concerning critical lab values and your doctor

Two risks concerning critical lab values and your doctor

By asking for copies of all of your lab work results and reviewing them yourself, you can improve your safety

Strokes in children and young adults are frequently misdiagnosed

Strokes in children and young adults are frequently misdiagnosed

Stroke treatment must start quickly to prevent permanent injuries

Three ways to research a Texas doctor or hospital's quality of care

Three ways to research a Texas doctor or hospital's quality of care

Federal and Texas laws hide most information from the public, but there are still some tools that you can use

Two tips to make the transfer from a hospital to a nursing or rehabilitation facility safer

Two tips to make the transfer from a hospital to a nursing or rehabilitation facility safer

When patients are discharged from a hospital to a nursing or rehab facility, it is a notorious time for things to fall through the cracks

Some surgeons work in two operating rooms at the same time

Some surgeons work in two operating rooms at the same time

It is risky for patients when a surgeon tries to participate in two surgeries in two operating rooms at once

When doctors and nurses settle on the wrong diagnosis, it is hard to get their attention

When doctors and nurses settle on the wrong diagnosis, it is hard to get their attention

Houston-area ER focuses on broken leg, misses broken back, despite patient's complaints that he could not move arms normally

Lawsuit: Memorial Hermann Southwest Medical Center surgeons botch treatment of complication (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)

Lawsuit: Memorial Hermann Southwest Medical Center surgeons botch treatment of complication (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)

One week delay in fixing hole in small intestine leads to a year and a half of internal infections, MRSA, and an open abdominal wound

Lawsuit: Mainland Medical Center nurses' poor care causes man to develop bedsores days after a knee surgery (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)

Lawsuit: Mainland Medical Center nurses' poor care causes man to develop bedsores days after a knee surgery (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)

It took 100+ days of hospital, nursing home, and rehabilitation center inpatient care and a year and a half for the bedsores to heal and close