Bedsores, Hospital Infections and Medical Errors Cost U.S. $19.5B: Report
Bedsores, hospital infections and other medical mistakes cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008, according to a new report.
Bedsores, hospital infections and other medical mistakes cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008, according to a new report.
A Philadelphia jury awarded $6 million in damages earlier this month in a wrongful death bedsore lawsuit filed against a nursing home and hospital, including $5 million in punitive damages…
A New York City jury has awarded almost $19 million to the family of a 76-year-old nursing home patient that the family says developed more than 20 bedsores due to…
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois nursing home, alleging that staff at the facility failed to properly treat multiple bedsores that resulted in sepsis.
A state court jury in Georgia returned a verdict of $1.25 million last month as compensation for nursing home pressure sores and other injuries caused by negligent care at Tucker…