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Medical malpractice

Large teaching hospitals in medical centers rely on young, inexperienced doctors

Large teaching hospitals in medical centers rely on young, inexperienced doctors

When hospitals advertise their top-notch doctors, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be providing your care

Lawsuit: The Methodist Hospital ignores stroke symptoms and causes permanent brain injury

Lawsuit: The Methodist Hospital ignores stroke symptoms and causes permanent brain injury

Doctors and nurses at Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center send young African American woman home with no treatment, despite textbook stroke symptoms

Lawsuit: St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital pain killer overmedication causes patient death

Lawsuit: St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital pain killer overmedication causes patient death

St. Luke's nurses gave a 75-year-old patient 2-4 times the recommended dose of the narcotic Dilaudid.

Baby brain and birth injury cases need experienced lawyers

Baby brain and birth injury cases need experienced lawyers

Painter Law Firm attorneys have successfully handled numerous medical malpractice and brain and birth injury cases

Nurses and doctors have to watch for dangerous gastric outlet obstruction after bariatric surgery

Nurses and doctors have to watch for dangerous gastric outlet obstruction after bariatric surgery

Patients have to be able to hold down liquids before hospital discharge

Use a hidden video camera to prevent nursing home abuse

Use a hidden video camera to prevent nursing home abuse

Texas law allows patients the right to use video to monitor their rooms

Protect against medical malpractice with a hospital journal

Protect against medical malpractice with a hospital journal

Preserve information about the health care that was provided

Slim nursing staffing levels endanger patients

Slim nursing staffing levels endanger patients

Some hospitals and facilities require one nurse to care for eight patients at a time

Lawsuit: Botched propofol anesthesia care kills 33-year old father and teacher

Lawsuit: Botched propofol anesthesia care kills 33-year old father and teacher

Propofol is the same powerful anesthetic drug that caused the deaths of Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers

What to do when nurses won't listen

What to do when nurses won't listen

Sometimes you have to be firm to get proper nursing and physician care