When people go into the hospital, whether for a routine check-up or a major procedure, they are doing it for one reason: to improve their health. Unfortunately for many of these patients, just the opposite will prove true. Here are just a few ways hospital…
Nothing can compensate for the life of a loved one who has died unnecessarily because of a medical mistake. No amount of money can pay for the loss of brain function, mobility, or speech because of such a mistake. Here are five stories of medical…
When someone you love dies, you are overwhelmed by emotions. Grief, shock, and sadness will all affect you in the weeks following your loved one’s passing—but if your relative died while under hospital care, you may also experience something else: anger. In order to cope…
Every day, we trust doctors and surgeons to make life-and-death decisions with our health. We fall asleep in operating rooms and wake up in recovery, hoping nothing goes wrong, and trusting that our doctors will make the right decision if it does. Unfortunately, many patients…
You’ve probably read in your Louisville newspaper or heard on TV or radio about people suing doctors or hospitals for “medical malpractice.” The term seems to imply that a medical professional did something deliberately to harm someone, but that is rarely the case. Medical malpractice…
Summer and autumn are the times when we can shake off our stress and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, whether right here in Kentucky or wherever we visit friends and family in the United States. Unfortunately, a hidden danger exists out there that you…