During the summer, your social media feeds are likely full of pictures of people diving into pools, lakes and rivers. They dive from docks, boats, decks and diving boards. It always looks like harmless summer fun.
Busy and crowded emergency rooms could be bad for your health
If you have sought medical care in a Georgia emergency room, you know how busy these facilities can be. Emergency rooms can be crowded and stressful, and while you are there to get medical help, it could actually be bad for your health. There are links between overcrowded ERs and medical errors.
The emotional turmoil of a semitruck crash can be devastating
There are some motor vehicle accidents that seem to happen in slow motion. You might see the semitruck coming straight for you but you can't do anything to stop it. This is a harrowing situation for anyone to be involved in. When you live to deal with the aftermath, you might soon realize that you have more to deal with than just the physical injuries.
Georgia victim of medical malpractice awarded $18 million
Patients aren't expected to know when they're in medical danger. That's really the physician's job to keep track of what is happening and spot things like an infection that's spinning out of control. Just because the patient didn't complain and draw the physician's attention to a potential problem, doesn't mean the physician is off the hook.
Nurses charged in death of senior at nursing home
A total of three different staff members, two nurses and a healthcare aide, have been charged with crimes related to an elderly veteran's death. Their actions, or more accurately lack of action, is also the focus of a wrongful death suit against the care center for which they worked.
Do I have a medical malpractice claim on my hands?
You, like many other Georgia residents before you and just like you, needed medical help. You did what you were supposed to do and went to the doctor. You got a diagnosis and agreed to the prescribed treatment. Now, you feel worse off than you were before. This has left you wondering if something went wrong and if you have a medical malpractice case on your hands.
