Poorly cleaned and sterilized reuseable surgical equipment causes serious infections

Without proper cleaning, tissue or fluid from one patient can remain in surgical equipment when it is used on a subsequent patient

Six steps to reduce your risk of a hospital-acquired infection

On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection

Many surgery centers are not prepared to handle operating room emergencies

Lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old boy died because a surgery center and anesthesiologist bungled resuscitation during a tonsillectomy

Anesthesia malpractice during shoulder surgery causes phrenic nerve palsy and paralyzed diaphgragm

Patient is left with lifelong breathing problem

Neurosurgeon, anesthesiologist, and nurses operate on wrong patient

Painter Law Firm lawyers/attorneys handle surgical and anesthesia medical malpractice cases

The danger of misdiagnosis of mesenteric ischemia

Delaying diagnosis and treatment can lead to dead or necrotic stomach or bowel, and even death

Surgeon accused of unnecessary surgeries

Before consenting to surgery, make sure to ask about other treatment options first

Read the Waco Tribune Herald's story about a neurosurgery medical malpractice that Painter Law Firm filed in McLennan County, Texas

Surgeon ignores red, swollen, oozing knee surgery site, causes dangerous sepsis

For infections, prompt diagnosis and treatment is important

Medical malpractice lawsuit: Providence Health Center, in Waco, and others responsible for botched brain surgery

Lawsuit alleges that neurosurgeon Brian O'Grady, M.D. operated, at least in part, on the wrong part of the patient's brain