The federal agency charged with regulating the safety of commercial bus and trucking operations has been accused of ignoring unsafe conditions. This, it is charged, were among the factors that may have resulted in as many as four recent serious accidents involving commercial vehicles. Those accidents resulted in 25 deaths
Ohioans familiar with medical procedures and emergency room tactics know that medical errors are not supposed to be common. Most emergency room doctors and staff members are competent and wouldn’t let anything serious go wrong with a patient. But, some do make mistakes, and these can be serious. In fact,
Franklin, Ohio, readers might have heard about this news story. In 2002, a little girl passed away after an elective surgery. What’s interesting is that her wrongful death could have been prevented, and her mother is now trying to get the state of California to provide monitoring for all patients’
Ohioans who watch the news might have heard that a woman in California is making waves in the medical legislation department. According to the news, she lost her 11-year-old daughter to a medical mistake, and now she’s trying to make sure it won’t happen to anyone else. The Nov. 19
A 20-year-old Columbus, Ohio, woman was paralyzed as a result of injuries suffered in a June 5 car crash. She was riding as a passenger in a car driven by a 20-year-old male friend who allegedly floored the gas pedal when police tried to get him to pull the vehicle
Ohioans who have taken prescription medications know that they can sometimes be difficult to understand take accurately, especially if a medication has a complicated schedule. In times when you’re relying on a physician or pharmacist, you wouldn’t want to think about medication errors taking place, but unfortunately, they do. In
The Emergency Care Research Institute ranks technology health hazards on an annual basis, and the 2013 list shows that technology and technical processes can be the source of serious injury in the operating room. From infection control to tired staff, technical processes in facilities in Ohio and through the nation
Franklin, Ohio, readers might know about brain injuries and the extent of damage they can cause. A brain injury of any kind can impact a person’s life, and it’s often vital that the injuries are treated as soon as possible for the best outcome. You might be interested in this
The widower of a woman who worked as a nurse at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood, Ohio, is suing the hospital for his wife’s fatal car accident. His theory is that the hospital increased the nurses’ workload at the hospital while lowering the number of nurses employed, leading to overwork and
Franklin, Ohio, readers are probably aware that hospitals differ. A brain injury treatment at one hospital may not be the same at another, even though you’d think it would be treated in the same way. According to news from Nov. 11, researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle, have looked