Malpractice takes on many forms and can cover practically any procedure that you need to have done. Here is a collection of real stories that happen to everyday people. Some of these are odd, and all of them are sad. For those that think this can’t happen to them, this collection will be an eye opener, since many celebrities are victims of abuse neglect and malpractice as well as the military and veterans. All walks of life and income can be at risk with the wrong doctor.
- DC Medical Malpractice and Patient Safety: They offer advice on the over diagnosis on breast cancer.
- Protect Consumer Justice: Are all the horror stories true? They look at the stories and why you shouldn’t believe everything you reads.
- Virginia Beach Injury Board: Dennis Quaid recently sued for malpractice, and they look at the reason his children should have never been in danger.
- Patient Advocare: A story about a badly performed Lasik surgery.
- Barry G. Doyle: A list of some of the most common types of medical procedures that can go very wrong.
- Medical Spa M.D.: Here is some of the numbers about the amount of doctors that are sued for medical malpractice, and other information about the suits that are brought.
- Plastic Surgery BH: Gives some reasons emergency rooms have higher cases of medical malpractice.
- Lawsuit Settlement Funding: A bad cosmetic procedure gets a weird twist to the proceedings.
- Boston Accident Lawyer: An interesting case that combines both wrongful death and medial malpractice.
- Medical Complaint: A collection of stories from clients of a cosmetic surgeon that performed bad operations.
- Medical Attorney Blog: A video showing what can go wrong in gastric bypass surgery and information on the procedure.
- Rasansky: Information about vision damage and medial malpractice.
- Amy’s Humble Musings: A Lasik surgery gone wrong and the problems she developed having this done.
- New York Personal Injury Blog: A story about a buttock augmentation and how it went wrong for one patient and almost killed her.
- Yeinjee: A high profile case for Botox for very young patients.
- Peach Pundit: Veterans need to be tested for HIV and Hepatitis due to the negligence of this VA hospital. Story cites the lack of sterilization of colonoscopy equipment by the staff as the reason.
- Thai Med Blog: A case in the US looks at what happens when doctors don’t listen to their patients and make labor and deliver complicated.
- Anne Nahm: Her cheek implant and removal caused her a myriad of problems including bone stuck in the implants.
- Sepia Mutiny: A review of a book by a doctor that looks at the commonality of malpractice in the US. Provides information about cases briefly.
- Celeb Legal Issues: Heidi Montag went public with her bad surgery, and this looks at why the medical staff may be at fault.
- Lasik Complications: Several stories of the things that can go wrong with this very common procedure.
- Okinski Law: A video that showcases a case of dental malpractice for a man that only had 7 teeth.
- The Injury Board: A veteran was given a case of Stevens Johnson Syndrome, which is akin to being burned from the inside out.
- Las Vegas City Life: Information about a Nevada case where several contracted hepatitis.
- Angry Dad: He gives his own horror story, and others as well, about his dealings with a psychologist.
- Fresh Widow: She shares her horror story about hospice care.
- Tort Deform: Medical malpractice even has celebrity victims. Glenn Beck’s story is highlighted here.
- This Makes Me Sick: A collection of medical malpractice stories.
- The Pop Tort: Several collections of stories of negligence by medical professionals.
- Rose Speaks: A Houston hospital has a case that is looked at in this blog.
- Lawyers And Settlements: One story of dental malpractice.
- Bill Shrink: This shows 12 of the worst cases of medical malpractice that have been told.
- Holy Coast: Even those in service can be victims of malpractice.
- Mininno Law: A sixteen year old suffocates in a hospital, and here is her story.
- S.A.M.: A woman is misdiagnosed and is given a mastectomy.
- Maryland Medical Malpractice: Spinal injections causes this tale of medical malpractice.
- JD.MD: Why fraud and deceit contribute to the number of malpractice cases and how it affects patients.
- Vitals: Another celebrity case involving the “Octomom” and her allegations of medical malpractice.
- iePolitics: Arrowhead Regional Medial Center was once a great example of fantastic health care. Today, they are under massive accusations of abuse and malpractice.
- 41. Perlmutter & Schuelke: A case that involves wrongful testicle removal.
- Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog: More celebrity cases that show their trials with neglect and medical malpractice.
- Sandra Rose: Shares the story of rapper Jai Jai with her medical malpractice during the delivery of her child.
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