Medical Malpractice News
Doc misplaces forceps inside mom’s genitals
Teen surgeon’s parents arrested in India
VA patient has wrong testicle removed
Calayan couple denies allegations over cosmetic surgery
Perjury rap slapped vs Calayan over deformed penis case
Admin charges recommended vs 3 doctors, nurse
CEBU CITY, Philippines–A committee tasked to investigate the posting on YouTube of an unauthorized video of rectal surgery performed on a patient at the government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City has recommended the filing of administrative charges against three doctors and one nurse in a decision immediately protested by the victim as [...]
Pinoy nurse widower fights deportation in UK
Britain is deporting the Filipino husband of a nurse who died in 2004 in what was believed to be a case of medical malpractice.
Arnel Cabrera, 38, was given until the end of February to pack his things and return to the Philippines upon completion of the inquest proceedings on the case involving the death of [...]
Doctor Guilty of Medical Negligence
By Ran Reznick
Last Update: 15/11/2004
A Health Ministry disciplinary committee has found a local doctor who prescribed steroids for "Mr. World" guilty of serious medical negligence.
This is the first time that an Israeli doctor has been charged with medical negligence for prescribing bodybuilding drugs, and the first time the Health Ministry has officially declared that high [...]
Quadruplets’ kin want to press raps
The Inquirer News Service
THE CALISAAN couple Saturday told President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that they are bent on pursuing charges against the staff of the Manila Central University (MCU) Hospital that allegedly turned them away, resulting in the death of their quadruplet babies.
"All we want is justice for my babies," the mother, Jocelyn, told the President. "We [...]
Court orders two Cebu doctors to pay P1.3 M for death of child
By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
November 24, 2004
CEBU CITY — After 12 years of fighting in court, the family of an eight-year-old boy here finally got the justice they wanted when the court found two doctors guilty of gross negligence that allegedly resulted in the death of the child.
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here convicted Dr. [...]
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