Cumberland Hospital in New Kent County, Virginia, and its former medical director, Dr. Daniel Davidow, are facing a $147 million lawsuit over allegations that minor patients at the facility were abused both physically and sexually while under Davidow’s care.
Nine former patients of the hospital are listed as plaintiffs in the case. A male patient alleges that he was “strangled and choked out by a behavioral technician” at the facility. Eight female patients who were formerly under Davidow’s ...
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For the vast majority of us, our doctors are held to account not only by the high standards put forth by their educational and certifying organizations, but by the knowledge that we, ourselves, can take action against them for their misdeeds. Accidents are bound to happen at one point or another, but when an incident strays into actual malpractice, we as patients are able to bring ...
When most hear about bad doctors losing their licenses to practice, they rest assured in the knowledge that the doctor in question can no longer cause harm to patients. They take solace in the idea of a body of accrediting agencies working to keep the patient population safe and saying to this person “you are unworthy of ...
The infection that set in after Navy officer Marites Campano gave birth at Hawaii’s Tripler Army Medical Center could have and should have been treated with IV antibiotics. Instead, doctors and staff did nothing, even when faced with a patient in extraordinary pain for two days. Campano eventually became septic and now is faced with years of dialysis and the ...
Here’s an interesting game to play at your next party – ask everyone to list the top three causes of death in the United States. Odds are that you’d get a very eclectic mix of responses.
The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is one of the largest and most complicated pieces of legislation in the history of modern government. Created and written to provide health insurance for those who would probably otherwise go without while also trying to take the needs of insurers into consideration, it is also one of the most controversial.
