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The documents below are available to the public so that they can gain a better understanding of the legal challenges facing them, and why an experienced attorney is so important for success.

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Dangerous Objects Can Be Retained After New Hampshire Surgeries
Description: When surgery is performed, doctors and nurses often place objects such as sponges and tools inside the patient's body to aid in the procedure. While they are responsible to remove these objects before finishing surgery, negligent medical professionals sometimes neglect to do this step, leaving dangerous and harmful objects in the patient's body. Call us today if you or someone you know has been injured by objects retained from a NH or VT surgery.
Wrongdiagnosis.com | Types of Medical Mistakes
Description: Medical mistakes can happen in your physician’s office, in a hospital setting and at the pharmacy. Please use this page to learn more about common medical errors such as failure to diagnose, surgery mistakes and negligence. If you have been injured or a loved one has died and you believe that a doctor, nurse or hospital error is to blame you may have a medical malpractice case. Please contact your experienced New Hampshire and Vermont personal injury attorneys at Van Dorn & Curtiss today for your free consultation. TOLL FREE 1.877.611.9622
How to Avoid Prescription Mix-ups at the Pharmacy
Description: How can I avoid prescription mix-ups and mistakes at the pharmacy? With millions of Americans suffering after receiving an incorrect medication or dosage many are asking this question. This article outlines how to help avoid some of the common causes of prescriptions drug errors at the pharmacy and in your doctor’s office. If you have been injured or a family member has been killed by a prescription error please contact your experienced medical malpractice attorneys at Van Dorn & Curtiss today for your free consultation. We work hard every day to help Vermont’s injured get their lives back.
Avoid Prescriptions Drug Mistakes
Description: This article highlights of the reasons behind prescription drug mix-ups. Also included are tips on how to keep you safe from doctor and pharmacist mistakes.
Hospital Infections on the Rise
Description: The major danger with hospital Staph infections is their resilience. 60% of Staph infections are drug resistant. McCaughey points out that many other healthcare systems in countries like Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands have drastically reduced the infection rate in hospitals. However, unlike the United States, healthcare in those countries is a not for-profit business.
Medical Malpractice - Quick Facts and Stats
Description: We depend most on doctors and other healthcare professionals. We pay them for their services, and in return we assume that we will receive expert treatment. While we all know that people sometimes make mistakes, a doctor’s error has far more serious repercussions than most. When we go to a hospital and receive medical treatment, the last thing we want to think about is what if the doctor makes a mistake. Still, medical errors are common and it is important to understand the issues involved in medical malpractice cases. The following are some basic facts and statistics regarding medical malpractice claims and trials.
Medical Providers Fail to Release Medical Records - A New Trend
Description: Increasingly, medical providers have failed to release patient medical records when requested. Medical providers are required by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act to release medical records upon request by a patient or their representative.
Important Issues in Vermont Medical Malpractice Law [PDF]
Description: This brief article highlights some important issues in raising a medical malpractice claim in Vermont.