million truck accident - Q&A

My wife entered the Hospital in June of 2007 with significant abdominal pain.  She was admitted and tested and told she either had irritable bowel syndrome or an incorrec...

My mother was 77 yrs of age and generally in good health. She underwent total hip replacement and there was a complication the following day. A clot went to her lung. Thi...

Can the hospital or the doctor be sued for treating the wrong patient? What if a surgery, or amputation, was performed......

After returning home from surgery, my husband became ill with a staph infection at the site of his surgery. Could he have caught the infection at the hospital before he r...

Three years ago, my husband went to see his doctor for a routine check up. The doctor found that his iron levels were abnormally high, so he ordered that my husband come ...

During a routine Hysterectomy my right ureter was damaged, not to be found until four days later. The day it was discovered I had emergency surgery to repair the ureter.....

A misdiagnosis which leads to unnecessary surgery could potentially be a case of medical negligence. If you have been incorrectly diagnosed......

In October I had a lipoma removed off of the back of my head. There was swelling and redness to the area and around the area. I was told by the doctor that was normal and...

I was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of meningitis and West Nile Virus. I was intubated the first time for 6 days and after removal of the tube I developed an ...

I had to get knee surgery done a few weeks ago, and it seemed like the surgery went ok, until eight days later. I went back to the hospital......