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Surgeon left sponge in abdominal cavity. Patient dies from peritonitis. Defense expert claims patient ate it.

This was such an unexpected answer from the defense expert. Kambat v. St. Francis Hosp. 678 N.E.2d 456 (N.Y. 1997) In August 1986, defendant physician Ralph...

What makes YOUR specialty say oh, for fs sake?

My favorite genre of medical humor is preventable catastrophe. Someone in my recent flumazenil thread described it as brainbros hate this one trick, and I...

Do you and/or your coworkers get your yearly COVID boosters?

I asked this question in r/nursing and the range of answers have been interesting. I live in NYC - my coworkers are mainly liberal. All the...

TIL: Patients cannot sue their employer-provided health plans for injuries or damages caused by denial of coverage (under ERISA preemption)

This was something I had thought about when discussing denials of coverage but never looked into (not that it matters much to me since nothing...