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Surgeons at a hospital in Minneapolis accidentally removed a healthy kidney from a patient undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. The hospital made full disclosure of the glaring medical error afterwards in what has become an all-too-common occurrence at hospitals in the United States nowadays: wrong
The 35W Bridge in Minneapolis has collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour this afternoon. There are reports of fatalities and injuries but no numbers at this time. The accident occurred about 6:05 PM, and according to witnesses, the bridge was packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic at th
Six-year-old Abigail Taylor of Edina, Minnesota suffered a bizarre and tragic injury last week when she was trapped by a pool filter drain in a wading pool at the Minnesota golf club. The powerful suction of the pool drain was strong enough to suck out most of the young girl’s intestines, leaving he
Guidant’s own expert panel, that was assembled last summer to assess the handling of heart device flaws, stated that the company failed to fully realize the affect on patient safety when publicizing product failures.When a panel of doctors and experts investigated the method of handling the disclosu
Fred McCoy, head of Guidant’s cardiac rhythm management division, stated during a January 2006 deposition that Guidant altered the design of one of the company’s defibrillators in 2002 and later misinformed federal regulators stating that the change had no effect on the product’s performanceMcCoy we
A recent study shows that women who use the Ortho Evera birth control patch are at twice the risk of developing a blood clot over those who use the pill. This study follows The Associated Press’ investigation from last year and found that women who use the patch have an increased rate of blood clots
A woman was killed earlier this week in what appears to be a drag racing accident in north Minneapolis. Cheresa Sims died when the mini-van she was riding in slammed into a light pole at the intersection of Plymouth and N. James Ave.Sims’ boyfriend, Robert Barnes was the driver of the mini-van which
A survey released in November show that workplace injuries in Minnesota decreased by 3.6 percent in 2004 – this after an 8.3 percent decrease in 2003. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) examined the records of nearly 5,000 private and public-sector employers for the 2004 data.Acco
Indiana has become only the second state to require hospitals to report medical errors. I am proud to say that Minnesota was the first. IN passed a law that requires hospitals and surgery centers to report errors within 15 days of discovering them. The reporting began Jan 1. The first list of errors
A driver who apparently had to much “holiday spirits” caused minor accidents in both the west-bound lanes of 1-94. He was going the wrong way (east in the west-bound lane) when he hit a woman’s car, but he somehow managed to get going in the right direction. Unfortunately he then had a minor acciden
St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by three former employees who charge they were touched inappropriately by a doctor to whom they were referred when they suffered job–related injuries.The lawsuits allege that SMDC breached its duty of care to the plaintiffs by faili
The Judicial Panel on Multi-Districl Litigation ruled recently that Guidant class action lawsuits will be consolidated in a Menneapolis federal court for discovery and other pre-trial motions. The consolidation includes two suits from MN and one each from FL, CA, IN and NY. It is claimed that Guidan
