The family of a man who died from a blood clot 50 days after leg surgery at Elmhurst Hospital won a $3 million verdict against the hospital, attorneys announced Tuesday.
After seven months in jail, a doctor charged with cutting the genitals of numerous minor girls as part of a religious tradition was freed Tuesday after 16 of her friends offered more than $4.5 million in property to secure her release.
DETROIT — An expert is recommending approval of $4.1 million in claims, including $2 million in funeral costs, filed by victims of a Detroit-area doctor who committed fraud by putting hundreds of patients through needless cancer treatments.
Hospitals such as St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor have been investing in programs ranging from yoga classes to personal coaches designed to help doctors become more resilient. But national burnout rates keep rising, with up to 54 percent of doctors affected.
Dermatology has become increasingly lucrative in recent years, attracting private equity firms, which are buying up practices around the country, and installing crews of lesser-trained practitioners to perform exams and procedures in even greater volume.
Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap faced payouts of nearly $3 million in five medical malpractice lawsuits over five years. Patients accused him of slicing an aorta while trying to remove a gallbladder, cutting an artery to a liver, and connecting a woman’s rectum to her vagina.