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All too often, families have to bring lawsuits against hospitals that let their loved ones die through malpractice or neglect. In Florida, the equation has been turned on its head by a woman suing a hospital and nursing home after medics performed traumatic and invasive lifesaving procedures on her mother in specific violation of a do not resuscitate order. Alzheimer’s sufferer Marjorie Mangiaruca, 91, was given CPR, subjected to other interventions and put on a ventilator after she had a heart attack …

When born in a hospital, a baby is routinely given a hepatitis B shot, a vitamin K injection and an application of ointment in the eyes. In all states, a parent can refuse these treatments. It is best to use a waiver signed ahead of time and submitted to the hospital. The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages healthcare providers to seek the informed permission of the parents before providing any immunization.   Be Clear in Your Birth Plan A waiver …

A Texas woman is suing a doctor and hospital in Houston, alleging that her tubes were tied without her consent after she had a C-section. Amber Graves claims in the suit that when she visited Dr. Fan Wang at Memorial Hermann Hospital to obtain birth control, much to her surprise he informed her that there was no need because he had already tied her tubes two months previously. The doctor claimed that Graves signed a consent form for the procedure in …

No. In every state, your health care provider must provide you with a copy of your medical records if you ask for them. Your medical records include your medical history, your family medical history, information about your lifestyle, physical examination and laboratory results, medications prescribed, diagnoses and prognoses, results of treatment and procedures undergone, allergies and other risk factors, disabilities and limitations, and participation in research projects.   HIPAA Guarantees Access The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act is a …

A health insurance company rolled the dice with a Las Vegas jury and lost more than half a billion dollars. The HMO was sued by patients who were infected in a hepatitis C outbreak at colonoscopy clinics operated by a doctor who reused syringes and cut corners. The two patients, Helen Meyer and Bonnie Brunson, contracted the incurable virus that attacks the liver after undergoing endoscopic procedures at a clinic run by Dr. Depak Desai. The outbreak infected dozens of …