A lawsuit says 600+ women seek $6 billion, alleging OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz forced unnecessary surgeries for years and that Chesapeake Regional Medical Center enabled him despite warnings.
Body camera footage could help Black patients report malpractice and instances of racism, according to psychiatrist Amanda Joy Calhoun.
According to the couple's lawsuit, a staffer from the hospital placed the young infant's swaddled body on a metal rack, just before the child's remains were tossed into a soiled linen container.
A Texas hospital is under fire for performing an unintended partial vasectomy on a 4-year-old child.
(Crain’s) — New York will soon get a look at a long-awaited proposal for reforming medical malpractice insurance. With a two-year state moratorium on rate hikes for medical malpractice insurance due to expire July 1, a new package of proposals is floating in Albany’s executive branch. Read More…
(Clinical Advisor) — One month after the highest court in Illinois ruled that a cap on noneconomic (i.e., pain and suffering) damages is unconstitutional, the highest court in Georgia has followed suit. In April, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a cap on malpractice damages is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of court and legislature […]