Two documents you need now to plan ahead for end-of-life health care
Advance directive and medical power of attorney documents help guide health care decisions and protect against hospital committees
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Medical malpractice
Suddenly-appearing floaters or flashes of light may be a warning sign of a medical emergency
Retinal detachment requires emergency treatment by an ophthalmologist, or can result in permanent vision loss
Experienced Houston, Texas birth injury medical malpractice lawyer, Robert Painter, Painter Law Firm
Birth injury and cerebral palsy cases are complex and hard-fought, and call for an experienced, aggressive medical malpractice attorney
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)
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)
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
Lawsuit: Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital doctors misdiagnose imminent stroke (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)
38-year-old man goes to an ER three days in a row, has massive stroke shortly after discharge on third day
Without operating room precautions, surgery can leave you with a new nerve injury
Poor preparation for anesthesia and immobility can cause nerve injuries
Three things to know about heat illnesses
Heat stroke is an emergency medical condition that, if not treated properly, can cause organ damage or death
Some hospitals are set up to allow physician medication errors
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says that medication errors cause at least one death a day and injure 1.3 million people a year