Nursing Home Settles Lawsuit After Fraudulent Records Discovered
When it comes to nursing home litigation, patient records really are the Holy Grail. Patient records are important in both assessing the initial case as well as determining how to proceed from a litigation standpoint. In my nursing home injury practice, one of the first things I suggest families do is to obtain a copy of their loved one's medical chart from the facility in order to evaluate the potential case. In my experience, requesting a copy of the patient's chart as soon after an event, increases the likelihood of the facility providing a complete and accurate chart from...
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Who's To Blame For Bed Sores In The Obese? Or Are They An Inevitable Part Of Being Fat?
An article published in the Las Vegas Sun, painted an unfortunately common set of circumstances; an overweight patient goes into a hospital for a medical procedure-- only to acquire pressure sores during their stay. Sure, the same scenario can (and most certainly does) occur with people of average stature, but there definitely is a disproportionate number of obese patients who enter a hospital or nursing home only to develop a lingering souvenir. The sun article concentrates on 60-year-old Tyrone Bush, a maintenance man, who was admitted to Desert Springs Hospital for a quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2008. It was...
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