All Articles Tagged With: "Psychiatric Malpractice"
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New York City Emergency Room Death After 24 Hr Wait Yields $2M Settlement
New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to avoid a potential wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a woman who died on the emergency room floor of a city run psychiatric hospital after waiting over 24 hours for medical attention.
Psychiatric Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Patient’s Death was Preventable
Following the death of a psychiatric patient, who was killed by a staff member at a Houston-area hospital during a physical altercation, the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and inspectors for the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services have indicated that the death could have been prevented if the facility had [...]
