Year: 2013

Every prospective parent in Connecticut anticipates the birth of their child with a mixture of excitement and fear. Birth-related complications are possible under the best of circumstances. When things do go wrong, it is hoped that medical personnel...

Individuals visit medical centers for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they are ill, they have been in an accident or they are in pain. Regardless of the reason for the visit, the expectation is the same. Patients expect that the doctors and nurses who...

When children reach their teens, many are faced with having their tonsils removed. This has become such a routine procedure that many teens just expect that they are going to have their tonsils removed no matter what. Some doctors also take preempti...

Children are what most people would call precious gifts. A child’s health and well-being are usually very important to the parents, so when that health is in jeopardy, most parents would do anything and everything in their power to help them....

When people are killed in a Connecticut motor vehicle wreck that resulted because someone was driving drunk, their families can be devastated, especially because this type of collision could have been prevented. Driving while under the influence of...

Mammograms can play a significant role in the early detection of breast cancer. However, this role can be greatly hampered when medical care providers fail to properly interpret the results of mammograms or fail to properly respond to abnormal mammo...

One thing that a patient would certainly never expect to have happen during a surgery is to have a fire accidentally started inside of them. Recently, in another state, a medical malpractice case involving allegations of this bizarre type of surgica...

Delays in a patient receiving treatment for a condition can be very problematic. Such delays can give a condition more time to develop, which can lead to a patient suffering greater harms than they would have had the condition been treated in a more...

It is very important for doctors who work in emergency rooms to act in a timely and proper manner when treating patients. It is also incredibly important for hospitals to have the proper policies, procedures, equipment and staffing in place to ensur...

Recently, in another state, a jury reached its decision in a case involving an alleged diagnosis error. The case involved a now-deceased woman from Illinois and care she received from a doctor in relation to abdominal and back pain. The woman’...

There are a wide variety of different types of medical treatments. Regardless of type, it is very important for medical professionals and medical companies here in Connecticut to act properly when giving treatments to patients. This includes making...