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
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Medical malpractice
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
With symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack, call 911 immediately
With every passing minute, a stroke patient loses about two million neurons or brain cells
Atrial fibrillation treatment requires careful physician management
Whether treatment by medications or cardiac ablation, there are serious risks
When it comes to operating rooms, two surgeons are not necessarily better than one
Two surgeons overlooks filed hiatal hernia repair, leaving patient with lifetime inability to hold down food