Blood-thinner overdose alleged in hospital lawsuit
The widow of a man who died in Samaritan Hospital in Troy after he was allegedly given repeated overdoes of a blood thinner is suing a doctor and the hospital for his wrongful death.
Misplaced surgical sponge brings malpractice lawsuit
A woman who had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst is suing a doctor and a hospital claiming that a second surgery was needed to remove a surgical sponge left in her body during the first operation
Hospital faces lawsuit over man who died after choking
Lisa Baker died in Samaritan Hospital, allegedly because she was not given food. Her blood glucose level fell to near zero, causing irreversible organ damage. George Rainville of Cohoes died in the same hospital, allegedly because he was given food
Lawsuit: Hospital’s post-op care caused a fall
A lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she fell because she was not given enough time to recover after a colonoscopy is another entry for what will be a Capital Region medical providers’ version of a newspaper’s police blotter
Lawsuit over patient who died after leaving a hospital settled
A lawsuit alleging that a hospital and a doctor discharged a patient while she was seriously ill, and who died later the same day after she was brought back to the hospital has been settled
Loss of leg prompts lawsuit
A woman who had her left leg amputated above the knee after surgery for a knee replacement is suing four doctors and a hospital.
Lawsuit alleges negligence and fraud for injuries at adult home
The operators of an assisted living facility in Guilderland are facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 90-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who allegedly suffered serious injuries when she fell twice in four months.
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