It is interesting to see how unforeseen events can dramatically change a person's viewpoint. We read recently of the administrator of a Texas hospital northeast of San Antonio has come to understand the plight of victims of doctor negligence.The longtime administrator...
Military Medical Malpractice
Congresswoman bucks party on medical malpractice cap
She is just three years old, but she has already been cut off from many of life's simple pleasures. Because of the irreversible brain injury she sustained at birth, she will never be able to walk, run, stand up or skip a rope.The cause of the birth injury was doctor...
Public health lab botches test results
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, it has been said, are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Those words rang true again while we read recently that a number of people in the nation's capital were given bad medical information about...
A closer look at wrong-site surgery
No one looks forward to surgery, but most San Antonio residents expect the best and hope that the operation will result in improved health.Unfortunately, surgery can have the opposite effect. Far too often, surgical errors occur, leaving patients with more medical...
Federal government to pay $33.8 million for medical malpractice
Many people have made the point, but we are going to repeat it here: when a negligent doctor or hospital is ordered to pay a large amount to a victim of medical malpractice, it is because the damage is extensive. That is the case in a lawsuit recently decided by a...
Lack of Informed Consent Is a Problem at VA Hospitals
Whether you are a patient at a civilian hospital or a military hospital, you have a right to know about the risks associated with specific medical procedures. You also have a right to know who will be performing the procedure. Likewise, civilian and military doctors...
Study: Medical malpractice paid claims declining
We have heard it from members of the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, the media and from the hospital industry and doctor lobby: the rise in medical malpractice claims is driving the cost of health care up and up. The reality, though, is something else entirely, as...
Telling the truth about medical errors
She went in to a hospital for a routine hysterectomy. A nursing professor, she knows a bit about the medical profession. So she expected to be home from the surgery the following day.Instead, a series of medical errors resulted in a laundry list of negative outcomes...
Doctor accused of military medical malpractice surrenders license
As regular readers of our San Antonio legal blog know, there are a number of common types of medical malpractice, including surgical errors, misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose. We also see far too many cases in which doctors prescribe the wrong medications or...
Lasting harm caused to young mother in medical malpractice case
Everyone makes mistakes. While most mistakes are minor and easily forgiven, there are exceptions -- especially when an error is caused by negligence. Far too many times, we have seen cases in which a negligent doctor causes irreparable harm to a patient.We read...