Medical Malpractice

• Severe Poverty Affects All Of Us

  Bob Carroll | September 01, 2006 3:06 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Picture a graph that shows a sharply rising line representing persons living in severe poverty in the U.S. Superimpose over that graph another graph that depicts the failing health of those living in severe poverty. If you position these shameful graphs just right you can arrive at two conclusions:1 - The financial drain of providing health care to those living in severe poverty is going to...

• Best Cancer Tests Should Be Offered To Patient

  Bob Carroll | August 19, 2006 7:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The delayed diagnosis of cancer is often a sentence of death. When one of the possible diagnoses is cancer it seems to me that the medical standard of care should include the most definite tests available. The patient should have the right to refuse the tests, but the doctor should fully inform the patient of their availability, risks and costs. To withhold this information while trying to...

• Florida's Board Of Medicine Not Doing Its Job

  Bob Carroll | August 05, 2006 4:37 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Florida Board of Medicine is accused of inattention, delay, laxity and endangering patients in its monitoring of Florida physicians. The editorial from the Palm Beach Post uses the case of a Boynton Beach plastic surgeon to illustrate the Board's ineptness. Making Florida safe for medical malpracticeFlorida needs a better system of monitoring the state's 50,000 doctors, because the state...

• Dentist Keeps Two Secrets Too Many

  Bob Carroll | May 26, 2006 4:42 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A news story from the Gulf Coast of Florida tells us how a dental malpractice case uncovered two secrets that should never have been kept from a patient. We ought to be able to trust our healthcare providers. But, this North Florida patient is living in pain and the fear of AIDS because that trust was betrayed.Betrayal of Trust?Putting your trust in a medical professional is one of the most...

• Cato Institute: Tort Reform Rhetoric Misleading

  Bob Carroll | February 07, 2006 4:03 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In case anyone is interested in the underlying facts that are supposedly the driving force behind the claimed need for continued Tort Reform, particularly in the field of Medical Malpractice, there is this post at Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground:CATO INSTITUTE QUESTIONS LINK BETWEEN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PAYOUTS AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS . . . In "Defensive Medicine and Disappearing Doctors,"...

• Check Out Hospitals Online

  Bob Carroll | November 09, 2005 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Florida health officials have launched a Web site aimed at showing the public how well hospitals take care of their patients. The site has so much traffic that it is showing a busy sign for many who attempt to visit. But, the St. Pete Times article concerning the site tells us some of what can be found there. The site can be found at www.floridacomparecare.gov.Excerpts from the article:State...

• Scary Fact - Over 100,000 Deaths Caused By Malpractice Each Year

  Bob Carroll | October 06, 2005 6:10 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Americans are more frightened of dying at the hands of their doctor than they are of a plane crash. MalpracticResources.com makes this shocking statement based upon a recent report of a survey of Americans. These people must have heard that medical errors cause more deaths in the United States every year than car accidents, AIDS, or breast cancer.Americans are more frightened of dying at the...

• Negligent Treatment of Diabetes

  Bob Carroll | September 19, 2005 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  More and more Americans are being treated for diabetes each year. But, are they being properly treated? Or, are preventable complications, such as blindness, occurring unnecessarily?Government statistics show that “as many as 24,000 Americans go blind each year from preventable complications of diabetes,” according to Patrick A. Malone...More and more Americans are being treated...

• Suspicious Bonus System Leads to Injury

  Jim Clark | June 01, 2009 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Fox 13 Tampa Bay recently investigated a suspicious alleged bonus system in place at Brooksville Regional Hospital. According to the allegations, 47 year-old Dave Roberts arrived at the ER after...

• Illinois Man Wins $1.6M in Medical Malpractice Case

  Shannon Weidemann | August 28, 2007 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A doctor failed to diagnose a man with bladder cancer so the man filed a medical malpractice case against the doctor. A jury found the doctor responsible and awarded the man $1.6 Million. Between June and November 2003, Kordek saw Dr. Marwaha for issues with frequent urination and other symptoms. Kordek's kidneys became obstructed by a mass in his bladder, which eventually caused a drop in his...