#medical-malpractice

#medical-malpractice

When Candice Millard wrote Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President, she came at the story of James Garfield from a fittingly odd angle given his relative obscurity among American presidents. Millard recalls reading a biography of Alexander Graham Bell, who had invented the telephone but dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy to developing a metal detector of sorts, called an "induction balance," for the purpose of locating the bullet lodged in Garfield's body. Millard writes that while it took her three years to complete the book, "it took only a few days of research to realize what Bell must have known - that President Garfield was not only a tragic figure, but one of the most extraordinary men ever elected President of the United States." That, in the end, became the book's driving purpose.

A Riverside County woman who for years administered risky and potentially dangerous silicone butt injections was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years to life after an actor died following the procedure, prosecutors said. Libby Adame was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the death of Cindyana Santangelo, whose credited television appearances included "Married ... With Children," "ER" and "CSI: Miami." Adame was also convicted of practicing medicine without a certification after prosecutors said she injected silicone into Santangelo's buttocks, resulting in a fatal embolism.

Attorneys from the Khashayar Law Group, which is representing the family, did not immediately return a call for comment. The family argues in the suit that Amin Noroozi's death was cut short by systematic medical failures at John Muir Health. They called the hospital's actions gross negligence and said the life-threatening complications that led to Amin's death should have been anticipated and treated according to medical protocols.

There was nothing natural about the way my son died. Balram died because of a series of clear, documented, and avoidable clinical failures.

Today, Fine Gael TD Brian Brennan... warned the audit report could point to "the largest medical malpractice in the history of the State."

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald highlighted the distress among parents regarding unnecessary surgeries performed on their children, raising concerns about potentially hundreds of cases.

As I stand here in front of you, and I see the individual victims who were affected either directly or indirectly from my actions, it is very difficult to try and say anything for myself, and I'm not going to.