June 22, 2009

Veteran’s Affair Medical Center in Philadelphia --- Failed Prostate Procedures

The NYTIMES reported over the weekend, that a Veteran’s Affair Medical Center, located in Philadelphia, PA, had a “rogue cancer unit … that operated with virtually no outside scrutiny and botched 92 of 116 cancer treatments over a span of more than six years — and then kept quiet about it.”

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December 1, 2008

The Withholding of Therapeutic Hypothermia ='s Malpractice?

According to the American Heart Association (AHA), whom has has finally endorsed Therapeutic Hypothermia as the standard treatment for unconscious survivors of sudden cardiac arrest, the answer may be "YES" especially in situations where a hospital continues to avoid this now proven treatment.

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