Three more wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed against an Ohio hospital system and a doctor accused of ordering potentially fatal doses of pain medication for dozens of patients over several years. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System and Dr. William Husel now face at least 19 lawsuits.
Poor privacy policies on Facebook's Groups platform have created risks for participants that include discrimination or harassment, according to a patient advocate and a cyber researcher who filed the complaint.
In the darkest moments of her depressive episode, Dr. Carol Pak-Teng lay in bed for hours, struggling to summon up the energy to work another 12-hour shift in the emergency room. “There were moments where I thought, ‘If I just melted away into this bed, that wouldn’t be so bad,’ ” the 34-year-old recalls of that time in 2015.
When patients enter the hospital, the risk of acquiring a healthcare-associated (HAI) infection is a significant concern shared by patients and medical providers. In fact, data from the CDC indicates that nearly 1 in 31 hospitalized patients have at least 1 HAI on any given day.
For nearly 167 years, Good Samaritan Hospital has provided medical care for generations of families in the Cincinnati region, especially the city’s west side. Maybe you gave birth there. Maybe you were born there. Today, the University Heights institution stands at a turning point in its long life. Some of its doctors fear the path could lead to its end.
Under an agreement with Attorney General Maura Healey’s office, the orthopedic hospital will launch a major campaign to reach the poor, who now constitute a tiny fraction of its patients.