Healthcare

After a cheerleading accident, a little girl sustains a head injury. But the extent of her brain bleed goes unnoticed by doctors leading to a lack of treatment. The result? Permanent mental damage.

April 26, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-3001" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_elizabeth_nicks.png" style="width: 200px; height: 200px; float: right;" width="417" height="417" />Elizabeth Nicks was a 12-year-old cheerleader who was being held in the air by three fellow cheerleaders when they lost their grip and she fell to the ground.  A spotter was not in the proper position to catch her.</p>

A botched heart surgery leads to gangrene and amputation, permanently limiting a woman and her quality of life.

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2999" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_patricia_roland.png" style="width: 200px; height: 202px; float: right;" width="417" height="421" />In October 2009, Patricia Roland of Thousand Oaks underwent heart surgery at age 57 to replace her mitral babe, which helps regulate the flow of blood from one chamber of the heart to the next.  The procedure proved troublesome from start to finish.</p>

Intense stomach pains forces man to go to a hospital but after neglect from doctors he dies from a bowel infection.

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2997" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_doug_shulby.png" style="width: 200px; height: 202px; float: right;" width="408" height="413" />He was a father of two with a new RN certification.  But without warning, Doug Shelby found himself in a medic; emergency.  Late that night in December 2006, Shelby was rushed to an emergency room not far from his LA County home.  He felt like his “stomach had exploded.”  His abdomen was distended.</p>

A resident cuts off air to the brain causing a traumatic brain injury, but hospital staff lies to the patient’s family for months to cover up mitskae

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2995" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_john_ritchie.png" style="width: 200px; height: 203px; float: right;" width="410" height="417" />Although he was a gifted athlete who excelled at basketball, John Ritchie suffered health problems for more than a decade related to a heart condition.</p> <p>Finally, midway through his 30’s, doctors determined Ritchie needed a heart transplant.  After a five-year wait on the transplant list at UCLA Medical Center, Ritchie and his family thought their prayers had been answered when a donor was identified.  All seemed well after the surgery.</p>

16-month-old goes into surgery; doctors ignore signs of medical errors leading to her death.

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

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While waiting for an operation, a teenager is killed after two hospital staffers, unauthorized to help patients without supervision, botch pre-op care.

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2991" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_olivia_cull.png" style="width: 200px; height: 203px; float: right;" width="413" height="419" />Olivia Cull was born with a defect that left one side of her heart smaller than the other.  She had surgery to correct it as a baby but needed a second operation as a 17-year-old senior in high school.  During a catheterization procedure to prepare for that second operation, there was an “incident” as Olivia’s mother Joy was told, that left Olivia without oxygen for 40 seconds.</p>

Negligence at every step of the way leads to the death of an infant during delivery.

April 25, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2988" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_zachary_diecker.png" style="width: 200px; height: 203px; float: right;" width="413" height="419" />An easy pregnancy lead to only positive test results, doctors believed the birth of Zachary Diecker would be typical and he would return with his mother from the hospital only after a couple of days.  But a series of medical errors driven by negligence, lack of oversight, and incompetence would end his life before he even left the hospital.</p>

Inadequate post-op care leads to woman’s asphyxiation.

April 24, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2986" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_tamara_walter.png" style="width: 200px; height: 203px; float: right;" width="415" height="421" />Tamara Walter underwent a successful lap-band surgery at an outpatient surgery center, but her recovery was another story.</p>

A simple toe fracture turns into a serious medical issue after an irresponsible surgery and overprescription

April 24, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2984" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_tom_mclennan.png" style="width: 200px; height: 203px; float: right;" width="415" height="421" />For pain from a fractured toe, a podiatrist used 19-year-old Tim McLennan as a guinea pig for experimental surgery.  Tom had suffered a small fracture in the joint of his big toe.  The podiatrist said there was no treatment that would ease the pain, suggesting surgery instead.

After a series of medical errors, from poor cleanliness standards to forgetting to feed her, a little girl dies of infection

April 24, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2982" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_nora_bostrom.png" style="width: 200px; height: 199px; float: right;" width="423" height="421" />Nora Bostrom had pulmonary hypertension that required her to use oxygen and take intravenous medications.  But in spite of these challenges she had a high quality of life.  She was a bright, funny, and happy three-year-old full of promise and optimism.  But after a visit to the hospital, she became a victim of several preventable medical errors that lead to her death.</p>

After a surgery removing stints in an attempt to relieve pressure after a long battle with illness. Physicians forget to monitor a young woman’s head pressure leading to her death.

April 21, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2980" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_brittany_wilkinson.png" style="width: 200px; height: 198px; float: right;" width="421" height="417" />Around the Fresno area, she was something of a minor celebrity, a buoyant teen beating the odds against a rare illness.  Brittany Wilkinson pushed hard to raise awareness of mitochondrial myopathy, a disorder that left her largely confined to a wheelchair.  She helped raise money for a cure and even received a proclamation from the Governor for her efforts.</p>

Doctors fail to inform a woman of a much needed vaccine after surgery leading to the amputation of fingers, toes, and feet.

April 20, 2016  ·  Evan Thomas King

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2976" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/resources_screen_shot_2017-04-20_at_2.30.47_pm.png" style="width: 250px; height: 141px; float: right;" width="773" height="430" /></p>