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After the trial, a Change.org petition requesting clemency for Vaught quickly garnered over 200,000 signatures. [2] [14]In response to the public backlash, the prosecutor's office issued a statement in which it defended its decision to prosecute Vaught: "The jury's conviction of Radonda Vaught was not an indictment against the nursing profession or the medical community.
A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of 64 people. [2] [3] [4] In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and ...
Sentinel events include "unexpected occurrences involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof". [1] They also include the following, even if death or major loss of function did not occur: Infant abduction; Release of an infant to an incorrect family; Unexpected death of an infant not born prematurely
State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.
A 3-year-old child died after accidentally being exposed to a family member's fentanyl patch, ... This can lead to death." The medication can also cause drowsiness, nausea, confusion ...
A Kentucky dentist has been convicted of illegally prescribing morphine that resulted in the overdose death of a patient. A jury in federal court in Covington acquitted Dr. Jay M. Sadrinia ...
A 2004 study of medical malpractice claims in the United States examining primary care malpractice found that though incidence of negligence in hospitals produced a greater proportion of severe outcomes, the total number of errors and deaths due to errors were greater for outpatient settings. No single medical condition was associated with more ...
Little Milagro Torres' family went public over the conflict they're facing with the Houston hospital, claiming it is pressuring them to allow the girl to die.