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Painful eye surgery continued after patient woke up, lawsuit says

12
March
2013
On behalf of the Law Offices of Sanford Rosenblum

Imagine going in for what you expect to be routine surgery. As you lie on the operating table and start to feel sleepy from the anesthesia, you are comforted by the fact that you won’t feel pain during the procedure and will wake up with only mild post-surgical discomfort. But part way through the surgery, […]

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Patients may soon report medical mistakes to new database

28
September
2012
On behalf of the Law Offices of Sanford Rosenblum

If a patient experiences a medical mistake by a healthcare provider they may soon have the opportunity to report that error to a federal database. Since currently so many medical errors go unreported, the government hopes the additional information gathered from patients will help prevent errors and improve health care systems. “Patient reports could complement […]

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