If you or someone you love has suffered because of a medical mistake, start here to understand how to proceed after medical malpractice in New York.
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5 Important Ways To Protect Yourself in a HospitalIf you wind up in an emergency room this holiday, get a family member to the hospital ASAP. Why? Simple. You need an advocate in your corner. Not a lawyer
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7 Deadly Mistakes of Medical Malpractice VictimsIs it worth an hour of your time to avoid the mistakes that most medical malpractice victims make? Upstate New York medical malpractice attorney John H. Fisher tackles the most common mistakes that injured malpractice victims suffer. Read his educational book to understand how to protect yourself by becoming informed about how these cases work in the state of New York. John is a well-known attorney who practices law at the law firm of Mainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, P.C. 303 Clinton Avenue P.O. Box 3058 Kingston, New York 12402-3058 845-331-9434 (work) 845-331-2004 (fax) [email protected] (e-mail) www.protectingpatientrights.com (website)
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Blind in One EyeToday's tip is about blindness. When is the first time you encountered somebody who is blind, especially blind in one eye? You may have questions when talking to that particular individual about how it was that they came to be blind in only one eye. And why is that significant? It's significant because people who have a disfigurement, or a disability, you have questions.
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A Cardiac Nightmare in New York. A true story.The long-awaited check finally came in. It sat on my desk along with a cover letter saying “Here is your check.” I stared at it. It had a lot of zeros. Where it said “Pay to the order of,” it had my name there. It had my client’s name also on that line. That check represented the culmination of a long and hard-fought battle against a doctor and a hospital in the New York metropolitan area. I had seen checks of that size before, but that check was only partial payment for this case. I was looking for another check that my secretary told me was in my mail pile. Then, underneath that check, I saw another letter with another check for the same case.
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Misplaced Feeding Tube Results in DeathToday's tip is about the improper placement of a feeding tube resulting in death. Now, a feeding tube is designed to provide you with total nutrition in the event you are unable to eat on your own. And when they provide it, it comes pre-packaged and it's supposed to have all the nutrients that you need in order to sustain you. It's very high in fat. It's high in protein. And, typically, it's supposed to be put into the belly, into the stomach or in the area that's going into the stomach.
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Misplaced Feeding Tube Results in DeathToday's tip is about the improper placement of a feeding tube resulting in death. Now, a feeding tube is designed to provide you with total nutrition in the event you are unable to eat on your own. And when they provide it, it comes pre-packaged and it's supposed to have all the nutrients that you need in order to sustain you. It's very high in fat. It's high in protein. And, typically, it's supposed to be put into the belly, into the stomach or in the area that's going into the stomach.
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Misplaced Feeding Tube Results in DeathToday's tip is about the improper placement of a feeding tube resulting in death. Now, a feeding tube is designed to provide you with total nutrition in the event you are unable to eat on your own. And when they provide it, it comes pre-packaged and it's supposed to have all the nutrients that you need in order to sustain you. It's very high in fat. It's high in protein. And, typically, it's supposed to be put into the belly, into the stomach or in the area that's going into the stomach.
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The Doctor Hierarchy; What's a "Resident?" What's a "Fellow?" What's an "Attending Physician?"Today's tip answers the following three questions. (1) What is a resident? (2) What is a fellow? and (3) What is an attending physician? (1) A resident is a doctor who's beginning their post graduate training after medical school. Depending upon the type of residency that they're in, that will determine the number of years that they must spend in post graduate training. For example, a medial resident spends three years of additional training after medical school. An obstetrician/gynecologist spends four years of additional training. There are some surgeons and sub-surgical specialties that spend anywhere from five to seven years in post graduate training.
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Anesthesia Overdose in New YorkCan anesthesia errors happen even in the best of care? The answer is yes, they can. However, it's those cases that we look at and we accept where we are able to show through expert medical testimony and expert medical review that there were departures from good and accepted medical care. I'll give you an example...
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Testicular Torsion- New York Medical Malpractice Attorney ExplainsToday's topic is about testicular torsion. What is it and why is it important? Testicular torsion is when the testicle twists upon itself and the cords that provide the blood supply to the testicle become twisted and closed off. Well, what's the big deal? The big deal is that...