Legal News You Can Use » malpractice http://seelielaw.com/blog Michael E. Seelie, PA Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:46:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Colonoscopies at VA Hospitals lead to Exposure to HIV http://seelielaw.com/blog/2010/07/07/colonoscopies-at-va-hospitals-lead-to-exposure-to-hiv/ http://seelielaw.com/blog/2010/07/07/colonoscopies-at-va-hospitals-lead-to-exposure-to-hiv/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:19:03 +0000 admin http://seelielaw.com/blog/?p=337 VA hospitals in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga. Did not properly sterilize equipment used in colonoscopies. As a result, more than 11,000 veterans In all three hospitals were exposed to and five veterans tested positive for HIV, 25 for hepatitis C and eight for hepatitis B.

Now, the Miami Herald Reposts that that the Department of Veterans Affairs, “which in March 2009 revealed that more than 2,400 Miami-area veterans were given colonoscopies with improperly cleaned equipment, announced Tuesday that 79 veterans mistakenly were not notified they are at risk of contracting a disease such as HIV from the procedure.” The agency, which “said the failure to contact the 79 veterans came from administrative errors relating to their charts,” has “temporarily removed Mary Berrocal, director of the Miami VA Healthcare System,” and replaced her with Thomas Capello, director of the Gainesville VA hospital, “until a 30-to-60-day investigation is complete.”

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/06/1718202/79-miami-area-veterans-never-notified.html#ixzz0t3310Em4

]]> http://seelielaw.com/blog/2010/07/07/colonoscopies-at-va-hospitals-lead-to-exposure-to-hiv/feed/ 0 Florida Supreme Court says hospitals must warn patients about medical malpractice limits http://seelielaw.com/blog/2010/01/15/florida-supreme-court-says-hospitals-must-warn-patients-about-medical-malpractice-limits/ http://seelielaw.com/blog/2010/01/15/florida-supreme-court-says-hospitals-must-warn-patients-about-medical-malpractice-limits/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:38:22 +0000 admin http://seelielaw.com/blog/?p=292   The AP (1/14) reported, “The Florida Supreme Court says hospitals must warn patients about a state law that bars malpractice lawsuits for birth-related neurological injuries.” Patients who receive proper notification “cannot sue but receive limited no-fault compensation if something goes wrong.” But, “the justices Thursday ruled hospitals that fail to do so can then be sued even if a patient’s doctor provided a notice required by a law designed to reduce malpractice cases against obstetricians.”

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