Ohioans shouldn’t be strangers to routine medical procedures like tonsillectomies or wisdom tooth removal, but as you should know, it can go wrong. Most of the time, smaller things like breaking stitches won’t result in a wrongful death, but in this case, a routine tonsillectomy left one little girl brain
Errors that occur before, during and after surgery range from the bizarre, such as leaving instruments in patients, to the tragic. In the case of a 13-year-old girl, a grieving and distraught family is fighting to keep their child on life support while they seek answers. The family believes surgical
State law enforcement officials have reported a frightening increase in the number of traffic accidents in Ohio resulting from drivers falling asleep behind the wheel. In 2012, drivers who fainted, felt tired, or outright fell asleep while driving cause a total of 1,415 vehicle crashes. This was up 13 percent
A 28-year-old man from Pedro, Ohio, has been sent to prison for eight years after being convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide. As in so many Ohio car accidents, he was intoxicated at the time of the crash, with his blood alcohol level registering at 0.146, over 150% of the legal
A 24-year-old male motorist is facing vehicular homicide charges in a fiery fatal crash in which his car hit a minivan on the Ohio Turnpike, killing an elderly couple inside it. Both were 77 years old and residents of Toledo. Just as in many other Ohio car accidents, the car
A 20-year-old male driver accused of causing an accident that ended the life of a 55-year-old woman in a car crash in Howland, Ohio, is accused of having fallen asleep while driving. His 1997 Nissan Pathfinder was going west at approximately 9:52 p.m. on King-Graves Road. His vehicle veered off
A new study of the impact of mild explosion injuries on active duty soldiers shows that they can still result in significant long term brain injuries. The result are important not only for those serving in the military, but for workers who come into contact with explosives as part of
Physicians have been consulting with each other since the practice of medicine began, but now the ability to get guidance, advice and discuss treatment options is coming in a new form: telemedicine. No longer relegated to just making telephone calls, a consultation can be a video conference and include the
If you’ve been to Lima, Ohio, you might be interested in hearing about this medical malpractice case that was recently launched against three doctors who allegedly didn’t deliver a baby in time to prevent his death. According to the news report, the medical mistake resulted in the death of the
If you’ve been following the news in Ohio, you might have heard about a doctor from Cincinnati who was facing 36 charges of federal fraud. In addition, this surgeon faces over 160 civil suits from patients who claim he committed medical malpractice. Now, the surgeon is missing, and the U.S.