According to the Boston Globe, between 2005 and 2010, more than 200 hospital patients died nationally from an improper response to “patient monitors.” Patient monitors are those machines that keep track of heart function, respiratory rate and other vital signs. Typically, nurses are responsible for watching monitors. “Alarm fatigue,” a…
“A sponge was left inside our client for nearly one year,” said Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., an attorney representing the patient and his family. “We believe it was a laparotomy sponge measuring nearly 12 inches by 18 inches. That’s the size of a kitchen dish towel.…
As Syracuse medical malpractice lawyers, the Bottar Law, PLLC legal team frequently handles cases where surgeons fail to properly count and remove surgical instruments and/or supplies from a patient. Common examples of surgical instruments left in the abdomen after surgery include sponges, pads, towels, needles, clips and clamps. Most of…
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologsts, lead by Syracuse OBGYN RIchard A. Waldman, M.D., recently released a position statement on New York State bill S5007/A8117 which, once signed into law, will repeal a state requirement that certified nurse midwives execute “written practice agreements” with hospitals and doctors. In sum,…
Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer Anthony S. Bottar, managing partner of Bottar Law, PLLC, one of Upstate New York’s oldest law firms with a practice limited to medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injuries, work injuries, brain injuries, and product/premises liability, was elected president of the New York State Academy of Trial…
It is well-known that very sick patients, especially those in the intensive care units at Central New York hospitals, e.g., Crouse Hospital (Syracuse), St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center (Syracuse), Community General Hospital (Syracuse), SUNY Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse), Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare (Utica), St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Utica), Oswego Hospital (Oswego),…