A jury found a hospital negligent for a 2008 surgery in which a surgical sponge was left inside the patient, and awarded the patient $4.08 million in damages. According to court records, the victim, a 45-year old at the time, went to the surgeon in…
According to the police, one drunk driver was responsible for having caused traffic chaos on New Circle Road in Lexington, Kentucky. Reportedly, the suspected drunk driver was operating a newer model red Lexus when it first rear-ended another driver by Tates Creek Road, then took…
Kentucky. Over the last decade, the nursing home industry made political contributions amounting at least $1.8 million to Kentucky politicians while lobbying against bills that would require nursing home owners and corporations to hire more direct-care employees, face higher fines for violations, and abide by…
A recent study that was conducted, based on a review of drugs taken by a group of elderly patients, found that more than half were taking the wrong medication. The review &/or interview of patients in the study revealed that medication dosage errors were also…
Another incident of a nationwide pharmacy chain drugstore, Walgreens, dispensing the wrong medication to a customer. This time, the medication error involved a baby’s prescription for hydrocortisone, but turned out to be the opiate painkiller, Oxycodone! The baby’s father picked up what he thought was…
According to the Kentucky New Era, the Governor of Kentucky wants a crackdown on nursing home abuse. Governor Steve Beshear is ordering state officials to take immediate steps to rectify the ongoing problem with nursing home abuse in Kentucky. In October, a report was released…