Year: 2024

Unintended Retention of Foreign Objects The Unintended Retention of Foreign Object (URFO) incidents refer to any foreign object unintentionally being left inside a surgery patient post-procedure. In such instances, victims often suffer both physical and emotional distress, with worst-case scenarios resulting in death. URFOs were determined by the Joint Commission…

Underage drinking and drug use are a factor in many Illinois car collisions. A new state law aims to reduce drunk driving crashes and hold those who enable underage drinking and drug use responsible for their actions. Here’s a closer look at this new law and what it means for those injured…

CHICAGO (June 12, 2024) – After falling from a scaffold located on the University of Chicago Medical Center campus, one construction worker was killed and one was critically injured. The two steel workers were structuring the iron interior of a new cancer research center in Hyde Park on Thursday morning…

CHICAGO (May 21, 2024) – On Tuesday morning around 8:35 a.m., three school buses filled with Reed Custer Middle School students were heading to a field trip while driving in the right lane of I-55. Traffic slowed to a stop, but the last school bus was unable to stop in…

A well-respected transplant surgeon in Texas is being accused of secretly altering the transplant list so that his patients would not receive the livers they needed, potentially resulting in their deaths, according to The New York Times. The matter is currently under investigation. About the Doctor The doctor accused of…

HONOLULU (April 16, 2024) – One person was killed and many others were injured when a bus crashed into two concrete barriers and pinned pedestrians against a wall at a cruise ship terminal in Honolulu. The 57-year-old bus driver was dropping off customers off at the cruise terminal in Honolulu…

As advancements continue, AI technology is rapidly gaining popularity across various industries and sectors. While the technology has many exciting applications in the field of medicine, we are beginning to see the dangers it poses to patients. Automation bias, misinterpretation of commands, and software glitches can lead to medical misdiagnoses,…

BALTIMORE (March 26, 2024) – A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday morning, causing it to fall into the Patapsco River below. Search and rescue teams immediately launched efforts to locate survivors who may have plunged into the water during the collapse, with several…

A recent detailed investigation by the Chicago Tribune shed light on systemic issues that allows abuse by doctors to occur, revealing a healthcare and regulatory framework riddled with gaps and inefficiencies. These shortcomings have reportedly allowed numerous abusive practitioners to evade scrutiny and continue their harmful practices unchecked. In some cases, healthcare…