by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | COVID, National, News
SOURCE: Medscape A pregnant patient who had COVID-19 showed up at a hospital with respiratory difficulty caused by her illness. Physicians had to perform an emergency delivery of her near-term baby. The infant survived, but the woman lost oxygen during the ordeal and...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Medical Professional Liability Association By Stuart L. Weinstein, MD As a practicing orthopaedic surgeon for more than 40 years, I’ve seen how the threat of medical liability lawsuits impacts physicians and the practice of medicine. The progressive...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | latest_news, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Venue shopping sprees to return to Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a rule in place for two decades that maintained liability lawsuits should be filed in the jurisdiction where the alleged negligence occurred, inviting personal injury lawyers...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | New York, News
SOURCE: Syracuse.com To the Editor: Two and a half years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, medical professionals in New York are faced with the possibility of another crisis — this time not from any disease, but from legislation under consideration in Albany...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | New Mexico, News
SOURCE: KWRG There is a life-or-death issue facing New Mexicans. It has been widely reported on in the media and is important to New Mexicans from all walks of life. Voters will have a lot to say about it this November. The issue is our shortage of medical...