A Utah neurosurgeon was arrested last week for allegedly groping an unconscious patient during a surgery last October. Bryson Swain Smith, 65, has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery, according to KSTU. Court documents say a person assisting with the October 11, 2021, surgery reported Smith. According to the documents. Smith, who …
A lawsuit filed earlier this month accused a Texas hospital of mistakenly performing a partial vasectomy on a 4-year-old boy who was to undergo surgery for a hernia. According to the Houston Chronicle, the lawsuit stated Texas Children’s Hospital Dr. Susan Jarosz recommended surgery to treat a hernia located in the boy’s scrotum that caused …
A nurse is currently on trial in Tennessee, accused of negligence for allegedly giving an elderly patient the wrong medication in 2017, causing her death. KHN reported that RaDonda Vaught, 38, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, mistakingly injected Charlene Murphey, 75, with vecuronium bromide — a paralyzing drug — when she was …
A federal jury convicted a former Wisconsin dentist of intentionally damaging patients’ teeth to collect insurance money for fixing them. Scott Charmoli, 61, gave patients more than 1,600 crowns over 20 months, prosecutors said — a rate of 32 crowns per 100 patients, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. An insurance company executive testified during the trial …
A California police officer’s bodycam video appears to show last month’s incident which paramedics reportedly refused to enter a care facility for a man who stopped breathing. KTTV reported that the November 11 incident occurred at Rialto Post Acute Care Center and the man suffering the medical emergency, Joseph Angulo, 56, ultimately died at a hospital. …
A Florida hospital said last week that it fired a nurse in their neonatal intensive care unit, weeks after she allegedly mocked a newborn on social media and posted images of the baby on social media. Jackson Memorial Hospital confirmed Sierra Samuels’ termination to WFOR. Last month, Sierra Samuels reportedly wrote on social media that her …
A woman sued a New York gynecologist this weekend, alleging he secretly used his sperm to impregnate her mother in 1985. According to the New York Post, Morgan Hellquist, 35, never knew her biological father, as she was conceived through artificial insemination. However, Hellquist’s mother believed the sperm used to impregnate her came from a …
A Florida hospital has placed a nurse on administrative leave for allegedly mocking a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit on social media and posting images of the baby on social media. Jefferson Health System nurse Sierra Samuels reportedly wrote that her “night was going great” before the baby, who apparently has a noticeable …
In 1992, a New York doctor routinely sexually abused an 11-year-old girl undergoing in-patient treatment for anorexia, a lawsuit filed on Thursday alleged. According to WPIX, Susan Kryhoski was admitted for two months at the Babies Hospital in Manhattan (part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) because she weighed 86 pounds, which was considered underweight for her height. …
A toddler in Kansas unexpectedly died last week after undergoing a dental procedure, according to reports. Wichita police told KSN that Abiel Valenzuela Zapata was sedated at Tiny Teeth Pediatric Dentistry while he had some teeth extracted due to a gum infection. A heavily-redacted police report stated that the toddler was fine under sedation for …
A Florida doctor who was arrested in January amid allegations that he sent sexually-explicit photos to a 13-year-old was taken into custody again on Tuesday after an investigation revealed he may have victimized more children. Stewart Bitman, 64, is accused of portraying himself as a 17-year-old boy named Matt on Snapchat from May 12, 2020, …
