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…
Millions of dollars awarded to victim of profitable company that put profits over people and ignored safety. The city bus and its contracted operations management company were ordered to pay more than $6 million to a wheelchair-bound man who was caused to roll backward and…
When a huge corporation with pharmacy retail stores nationwide mistakenly provided a cancer patient customer with stronger medication than prescribed by her doctor, the customer had no way of knowing of the pharmacy technician’s fatal medication error. The customer was carelessly given a blood thinner…
Although it might seem unlikely, the possibility of experiencing a surgical error in Kentucky is all too common. If you are seriously injured because of medical negligence, you may be able to file a Kentucky medical malpractice claim. A Louisville medical malpractice attorney can evaluate…
According to a new survey conducted in Ohio, about 13% of parents with health insurance say they haven’t gotten pediatrician-recommended care for their children due to costs. The survey revealed that children of parents covered by private health insurance were more likely than those with…