How Long Has the Wells Fargo Scandal Been Brewing?

It seems like the kingdom is crumbling at Wells Fargo. The largest bank in the U.S. is mired in a contentious scandal that involves the company’s employee defrauding millions of customers. There has been nothing like this before, and some 5,300 Wells Fargo employees have been fire for it in the past two years. But […]

Are Cosmetic Surgery Clinics Safe?

She went in for a routine cosmetic surgery on August 12, 2013, but by the time her surgery was over, this 18-year-old mother was left with a disabling traumatic brain injury. How did this happen, and could it happen to you? What the statistics on Florida’s cosmetic surgery clinics say may keep you out of […]

Are Cameras Coming To The Operating Room?

Airplanes have them, boats have them and now your local hospital might get them too—we’re talking about black boxes. A group of researchers at Toronto University is trying out a pilot project to bring cameras into the operating room to help improve the performance of doctors. Right now, the project is only being tried in […]

Is Your Hospital Taking You Seriously?

She came to the emergency room with stomach pains, and she never made it home. A 57-year-old woman from Tallahassee, Florida had sought medical treatment from Calhoun Liberty Hospital. She was seen by a doctor and released from the hospital not long after, but something was wrong. Is Your Hospital Taking You Seriously? The 57-year-old […]

Could Legislation End Malpractice Lawsuits?

There is new legislation making its way to our state from Massachusetts and Oregon. In this new system, if a patient is injured, they can get a patient advocate and ask a panel of medical experts to review the case. If that panel agrees that a mistake was made, the case is forwarded to a […]

Colson Hicks Eidson Fights Medical Negligence With New Case

Vincent Chambers went to his doctor in June of 2012, complaining of back pain. His doctor ordered an MRI and found several lesions around the man’s spine. His orthopedist immediately referred him to Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) where he spent ten days undergoing a battery of tests. At the end of those ten days […]

How Did a 17-Year-Old Get Away with Pretending to Be a Doctor?

While the events depicted in a movie such as Catch Me If You Can, a based-on-true-life tale where a young con artist pretends to be an airline pilot, lawyer and doctor, can make for excellent entertainment, the fact that such scenarios can and have played out in real life is extremely frightening. A hospital should never […]

Veterans Administration Investigating Gainesville VA Facility

We recently blogged about veterans who died or were seriously injured while waiting for appointments and care at several Veterans Administration (VA) facilities throughout the US. The first signs of negligence surfaced after inside sources revealed that a VA facility in Phoenix, Arizona had a secret waiting list for veterans, leveling accusations that at least 40 American […]

More Cases of Gross Veteran Negligence Surfaces, VA Launching Audit of All Clinics

As we previously blogged before, the Veterans Administration (VA) has been having serious issues with their employees being severely negligent in the care of their patients, resulting in over three dozen veteran deaths. According to CNN, more injustices at several other VA facilities have been uncovered. Two VA Medical Center employees in Durham, North Carolina have […]

40 Veterans Die Due to VA Hospital’s Elaborate Moneymaking Scheme

We recently blogged about extended delays in health care appointments suffered by veterans across the country who died while waiting for appointments and care; however, the new revelations about a Phoenix VA are perhaps the most disturbing and striking to come to light thus far. According to CNN, at least 40 US veterans died waiting for appointments […]