When New Mexico patients are admitted to a psychiatric hospital, they expect to be treated for their illness and kept out of harm's way. However, in cases of hospital negligence, patients are sometimes involuntarily placed in dangerous situations. A mental hospital...
Doctor operates on 4-year-old’s wrong eye
People who undergo an operation are literally putting their lives in the hands of a surgeon. It can be particularly difficult for parents to trust surgeons to perform operations on their child while they can only sit in the hospital waiting room. Although they are...
Doctors misdiagnose common regional illness
Valley fever is a fungal infection that affects several residents of southwestern states, including New Mexico, each year. If mistreated or left untreated, valley fever can be deadly. Because many doctors aren't trained in this region of the United States, they could...
A missed diagnois can cause considerable harm
It is important to get proper and correct medical care because improper treatment or diagnosis can have major repercussions. A failure to diagnose a disease correctly can worsen a patient's condition or illness and create long-lasting health effects. A new study...