Comments on: Medical malpractice victims to Congress: We are not frivolous!

By: linda lauro

linda lauro — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:54:21 +0000

Let’s not forget that lawyers also play a role in this tragedy. In my case there was no “mistake” (although it was pretty much botched, so who knows), no unfortunate infection, and the healing capacity of my body proved to be both strong and rapid. All of my permanent and disabling symptoms arose from procedures that I specifically and repeatedly stated I would never agree to, and was repeatedly assured would not be performed. And then they were. Although I had several doctors confirm this, more than one lawyer refused to take my case. One finally came out and told me that “You are already 47 years old, which limits the amount we can win. If we can’t reasonably expect a settlement in the millions, we can’t take the case.” So, the SOB that mutilated me against my will actually got paid to do so (!), while my life is destroyed. Five years later I am not only suffering the physical consequences, but am also have been diagnosed with PTSD. I don’t need millions. But my suffering is multiplied by additional expenses (ie: treatments I cannot afford)- shouldn’t somebody at least have to pay for that?!

By: linda lauro

linda lauro — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:02:06 +0000

YES, YES, YES!

By: John K. Onda

John K. Onda — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:36:53 +0000

The obvious theme of this page are those incensed by medical malpractice. So am I. My late mother, Mary I. Onda, suffered for years due to the fact she developed a disc-space infection post-op and was ignored by her neurologist, Richard Casden and her neurosurgeon, David Zorub. After her infection had cleared up, I took her to many doctors in the Pittsburgh area – they wanted nothing to do with her. Why? Doctors do not care to get involved when they know one of their colleagues has made an error. It was only through the efforts of Dr. Reginald Davis at Johns Hopkins Medical Center that Mary finally did get some pain relief. Then her subsequent civil litigation for malpractice was a nightmare. All we heard for 3 weeks was one lie after another told by the defendants and their pals in the medical brotherhood. It will haunt me forever. So the only recourse I had was to write a book about the events that occured to Mary and I. The title is ‘Perceptions of Morality.’ And while I had to fictionalize some of the subject matter, most of the story is based upon the truth.

By: Brie: It’s What’s For Breakfast

Brie: It’s What’s For Breakfast — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:42:09 +0000

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By: ‘Tort Reform’ Means Less Accountability For The Medical Profession

‘Tort Reform’ Means Less Accountability For The Medical Profession — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:03:43 +0000

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By: Seattle injury attorney

Seattle injury attorney — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:39:43 +0000

Accidents leave us overwhelmed by mounting medical bills and long-term expenses. How do you secure long term financial security in the face of accumulating debt?

By: m j

m j — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:46:32 +0000

I was hospitalized through the ER (with insurance) for nausea, vomiting and dehydration. During my 23 day hospital stay to correct a number of other issues my heart was attacked by a virus and I ended up with congestive heart failure. I did not bring that to the hospital with me – it was a “gift” from the hospital.
The best way to lower the number of or amount of malpractice suits – is to increase the quality of medical care available.
The hospital where I was moved patients every night in order to use the available beds in the most “productive” manner. I’m not kidding about this. Finally I just said “no” don’t move me.

My heart is working at a minimal capacity and I am permanently disabled. I was dangerously close to needing a heart transplant. Again I repeat – improve the quality of medical care available to all – but I add — make insurance and medical care available to everyone. I no longer have insurance.

By: Dave Kisor

Dave Kisor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:59:23 +0000

If everybody can’t have insurance, then there shouldn’t be any at all. It’s a racket that should be made criminal. As for so called frivolous lawsuits, many of those who call them that filed many frivolous lawsuits, making them abject hypocrites, but since many of them have their craniums up their rectal cavities, they can’t distinguish between frivolous and legitimate. They also require the surgery to install a viewing port in their abdomen.

I once overheard two teenagers, (I wasn’t trying, they were on the seat in front of me on the bus) and one of them simply stated, “don’t worry, the insurance will cover it.” Entire generations have grown up believing insurance is mana from heaven. Are they ever in for a let down!

By: Ellen Faulkner

Ellen Faulkner — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:56:50 +0000

My mother was killed by the Dcotors in a hospital. She was given bad blood during an diabetic tranfusion during dyalisis and contracted Hepatitis B. None of her family were told. I spoke to her at the hospital at 9:00PM and at midnight 3 hours later i received a call that she was in an irrevervible coma and would never come out of it. Why were we not told of her condition and most importantly, why wasn’t she? She had to be taken off life support, when I was supposed to be picking her up at 9:00 Am the next day. We held her with no notice of her contagiousness. Her sister, a nurse, had loked at her records and found out what the dcotors had never told us. Even worse, when the funeral driector went to pick up her body, a close friend of the family, he called to tell me they would not release her as they ahd falsified the death certificate. This added to our grief tremendously, as we had seen her bleeding from her ears and still the doctors at the hosptial still said nothing to us. I FNALLY NAILED A DOCTOR AND HE TOLD ME THE TRUTH. TO THIS DAY I WISH WE HAD SUCED FOR INTENTIONAL DEATH, SO THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE, BUT WE WERE TOO EMOTIOANLLU DISTRAUGHT TO THINK STRAIGHT. A YAEAR LATER HER 6TH GRANDCHILD WAS BORN ON THE DAY SHE PASSED AND SHE WILL NEVER KNOW HER GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE OF THE LYING DEVASTATION OF THE DOCTORS. eVERY ONE OF THEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRD AND LOST THEIR MEDICAL LICENSES.

By: Grover Syck

Grover Syck — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:18:57 +0000

Careless and reckless doctors must be held accountable. The good ones need to be protected.

there is a difference.