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2016

Posted by Whit Drake  |  August 16, 2016

Emergency Room Negligence in Alabama – EMTALA Claims

https://youtu.be/OsTRDh0ogdc   Emergency room negligence is fairly common in Alabama. Most Alabama hospitals use outside contractors to staff the emergency department and the doctors sometimes work very long shifts with few breaks. Additionally, the emergency room physicians are not usually board-certified in disciplines such as neurology, orthopedics or other areas and may not be...
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Posted by Whit Drake  |  May 20, 2016

Alabama Medical Errors: A Leading Cause of Death

A recent study, by two physicians, concluded that somewhere between 200,000 and 400,000 persons die every year in the U.S. from preventable medical errors. Drs. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel, of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, stated that "We have not as a country recognized the endemic problem of people dying from the care...
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