Archive for the ‘VA Medical Malpractice’ Category
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied a $39,000 fine Monday against the Department of Veterans Affairs for violations of federal regulations of the use of radioactive materials at prostate cancer programs in VA hospitals across the country.
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If you or a loved one have suffered injury due to negligence by government health care providers, you are entitled to compensation. The Law firm of Rawls & McNelis is dedicated to representing persons injured due to medical negligence on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the military services.Â
Let us put our decades of experience in bringing successful claims for VA and military service medical malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act to work for you. Contact Rawls & McNelis for a no-cost, no-obligation consultation and case evaluation by calling, toll free, 1-877-838-4838, or by visiting our firm on the web at vet4vet.net.
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Thirty-three veterans were overlooked last year when the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in downtown Augusta alerted its patients about possible exposure to infectious bodily fluids.
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If you or a loved one have suffered injury due to negligence by government health care providers, you are entitled to compensation. The Law firm of Rawls & McNelis is dedicated to representing persons injured due to medical negligence on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the military services.
Let us put our decades of experience in bringing successful claims for VA and military service medical malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act to work for you. Contact Rawls & McNelis for a no-cost, no-obligation consultation and case evaluation by calling, toll free, 1-877-838-4838, or by visiting our firm on the web at vet4vet.net.
Tags: Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, contaminated equipment, contracting infections from VA hospitals, Department of veterans Affairs medical negligence, Federal Tort Claims Act, FTCA, Military Healthcare Problems, military medical negligence, VA hospitals in Augusta, VA hospitals in Miami, VA hospitals in Murfreesboro, VA hospitals in Tennessee, VA Medical Malpractice, VA's emergency room, Veterans Affairs hospital in downtown Augusta
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
ST. LOUIS: Four veterans treated at the St. Louis VA Medical Centers dental clinic have tested positive for hepatitis, but further testing will be necessary to determine if inadequately sterilized dental equipment is to blame, VA officials said Friday.
The Department of Veterans Affairs provided test results to The Associated Press after repeated requests over the past two weeks. The VA has drawn criticism from some members of congressional delegations in Missouri and Illinois for taking too long to release information on how many veterans tested positive.
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Tags: contract hepatitis from dental equipment, contract hepatitis from VA dental clinic, hepatitis, inadequately sterilized dental equipment, St. Louis VA and hepatitis, St. Louis VA dental clinic, St. Louis VA hepatitis from dental clinic, St. Louis VA Medical Center, veterans treated at the St. Louis VA
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
A Veterans Affairs Medical Center developed a comprehensive process designed to proactively identify and remedy medical errors. Key elements of the process include widely publicizing the disclosure policy and process throughout the hospital, prompt reporting and investigation of potential errors, full disclosure of investigation results to the patient and/or family, and apology and fair remedy when an error has occurred, including appropriate compensation. The program led to liability claims costs that were the same or lower than those of a comparison group of similar Veterans Affairs hospitals that did not practice full disclosure.
According to recent government surveys:
Between 44,000 and 98,000 people die each year in hospitals because of medical errors [1] while an estimated 40,000 individuals suffer medical harm in the health care system each day…
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Tags: VA health care, VA hospital injuries, VA Malpractice, VA medicine, Veterans administration, Veterans Administration health care, Veterans administration medical malpractice, Veterans hospital, Veterans hospital malpractice
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 18, 2010
HAMPTON
After the Hampton VA Medical Center denied responsibility, a Chesapeake veteran has sued the emergency-room doctor there who failed to diagnose a stroke that left him permanently disabled.
John Morgan, a Marine veteran, went to the Hampton center Nov. 23, 2008, complaining of slurred speech, unsteady gait and weakness on his left side – what government investigators later described as “classic stroke symptoms.” He was discharged by the physician on duty, Dr. Razaak Eniola.
The next day, he went to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he was found to have suffered a stroke and was hospitalized for six days.
A subsequent investigation by the inspector general’s office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs found the Hampton center at fault in the case. But when Morgan filed an administrative claim for compensation, the VA denied liability on the grounds that Eniola was a contract doctor, not a VA employee.
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Tags: failure to diagnose, Hampton VA Medical Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Malpractice, Veteran
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