When a woman goes to the hospital in labor, chances are good that she isn't expecting to have to have a Cesarean section. For some women, including some in Kentucky, a failure to progress during labor end up requiring her to have a C-section. One reason that is...
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What problems do Kentucky women face with multiple gestations?
When a woman finds out she is expecting a child, elation is usually one of the most common feelings. There are some instances in which finding out about the pregnancy is only one of the shocks she will receive. Some women find out that they are expecting more than one...
A warning about antipsychotic medication issues in nursing homes
Making the decision to go into a nursing home isn't an easy choice for some people. For some people, the fear of losing freedoms and being placed medications is one reason why going into a nursing home is difficult. While some people might think those fears are...
Medical negligence can lead to problems for Kentucky residents
If you remember, last week we discussed the story of the hospital employee who was being accused of hospital negligence. That story brings up a very interesting point. There is no place in any hospital for medical negligence. In that story last week, the victim of the...
Employee accused of hospital negligence
Hospital employees need to be extremely conscientious, because they literally have the fate of other people's health in their hands. If they are negligent, patients suffer health consequences that can adversely affect the rest of their lives or even result in the...
Medication issues for people with Lewy body dementia
We have discussed a variety of nursing home abuse scenarios. Most often, we have discussed instances of falls and other similar issues. Those issues, however, aren't the only ones that residents of nursing homes have to deal with. Our Kentucky readers might find the...
Anesthesia medication errors can lead to complications
In our blog post last week, we discussed the death of Joan Rivers. Her daughter Melissa has sent out a message that her mother's death wasn't acceptable. Melissa filed a civil lawsuit for wrongful death. That might have some of our readers wanting to know more about...
Melissa Rivers sues over medical negligence in mother’s death
Last year, the country received a shock when it was made public that Joan Rivers was rushed to the hospital and wasn't doing well at all. As the days passed, more and more information was made public about this tragic case. In the most recent update about this story,...
Failure to diagnose conditions can be devastating
With how technology in the medical field has improved over the years, conditions that were once thought to be fatal and some that were thought to lead to misery can now be treated. The key to treating some of those conditions is early diagnosis so the treatment can...
Can hand washing prevent patient harm in hospitals?
Many people think of hospitals as sanitary places. The truth is that many surfaces in hospitals are laden with nasty germs that can cause infections and other issues. As sick people sneeze, cough and breathe, those germs float around and land on surfaces. Even in the...