Posts Tagged ‘military medical negligence’
U.S. News Reports that Hospitals Performing Fewer Surgeries May Have Higher Rates of Military Medical Negligence
Patient shortages in military hospitals may contribute to military medical negligence. U.S. News examined three decades of data drawn from every military hospital worldwide from 2012 through 2016, looking into 10 categories of procedures: weight-loss surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, mitral valve repair, surgery to patch abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid-artery stenting, and operations to remove…
Read MoreActive-Duty Navy Sailor Files Military Medical Malpractice Lawsuit for Loss of Triplets
On November 15, 2017, an active-duty Navy sailor gave birth to triplets at 23 weeks gestation. Sadly, all died immediately after. According to Military.com, the mother had undergone intrauterine insemination at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center and became pregnant with quintuplets. Two of these babies died in utero, while the remaining three died immediately after birth. The mother alleges that her…
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