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What happens when Medications go wrong?

...ology and huge sums of money were silently paid as compensation to those unfortunate victims. But then after a week no one bothered to remember the gory incident!!!!!!!! Later an “ X- FILE” was made on it and beamed across the world. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Many such stories and even more gross stor...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...yer- Peter Angelos, who won millions of dollars as compensation from the tobacco industry in Maryland, has announc... to court in a billion dollar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by...

Two doctors suspended for wrong brain surgery

...oth in India and the United States. Though a hefty compensation was paid and the matter hushed up, the unfortunate mother of the superstar didn’t recover from the blotched surgeryand the subsequent corrective surgeries that followed. While it isn’t proper to become cynical and pass censures against the whole med...

Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient

...Kerala have been asked to pay three lakh rupees as compensation to the family of a pregnant woman who died due to ...nsumer Disputes Redressal Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs. 3,00,000 to Chandrakala’s relatives who the Commission said died due to medical negligence an...

Hospital asked to Compensate Victim – Judgment by Delhi High Cour

...anted to be informed in the next few days how much compensation was the hospital ready to pay to the victim. An earlier enquiry had indicated that the operation for total hip replacement and fixation of fracture dislocation of the spine for Manju had major technical faults. The committee recommended that Lal be...

Aspirin Might Counter Side Effects of Cox-2 Painkillers

...e asked by the Texas Jury to pay $253.5 million as compensation // to Mrs. Ernst. Over 5 years, about 20 million people worldwide took Vioxx before Merck stopped selling the drug in September 2004, after a clinical trial found irrefutable evidence that Vioxx had heart risks compared with a placebo. Due to the h...

Controversy Surrounding The HIV Positive Reports Of One-Year Girl In Kerala

...above issue has announced a sum of Rs 10, 000 as a compensation for the victim’s mother. "About 30,000 people receive blood every year from this blood bank. This is the first such incident so naturally it requires to be probed in detail only then we can say something," said K K Ramachandran Master, Health Minis...

British man 'Recovered from HIV'

...st by doctors, which came back negative. He sought compensation but has apparently been told there is no case to answer because there was no fault with the testing procedure. Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare Trust have asked to conduct more tests on Stimpson both for his benefit and for other patients. He h...

Organ Scandals Compensation And The Aftermath

...ompensations.// On an average of about ￡2,900 in a compensation deal announced recently ,in the United Kingdom. The NHS which is the apex body had fought the cases involving organ-retention at 146 hospitals and trusts, but agreed 11 months ago to a total figure of around ￡3.6 million for the families, plus ￡1....

Breast cancer patient lost her case

...ancer patient has to pay thousands of dollars as a compensation to her doctor as the jury rejected her case agains...is. Carney had put a case against Dr. Newton for a compensation of $2million for the pain, medical treatment and suffering. The Jury rejected the case against Dr...

Mother Claims Hefty Compensation For Failed Abortion Of Twins

Stacy Dow of Perth is claiming ￡250,000 in compensation money after her twin daughter survived an attempted abortion in 2001//. The mother says that she discovered that she was pregnant when she was 16 and decided to get an abortion done. She returned to the Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust 33 wee...

Boy Refused Compensation For HIV Infection Following Hospital Admission

... down the case. The victim’s parents had claimed a compensation for the mental trauma and other forms of medical e...nfected with the HIV virus have received financial compensation in numerous instances. The number of HIV-infected people in China is believed to be over 1 million, ...

More Funds required for Asian Countries to fight Bird Flu

...y providing them with bird flu drugs, vaccines and compensation to the poultry farmers....

HIV infected patients claim 30 million yuan in Harbin court

...ay as 16 of the infected patients have asked for a compensation of more than 30 million yuan ($ 3.7 million) from the Bei’an hospital and farm which they feel is responsible for the transfusion of infected blood without properly checking the blood for presence of HIV. ...

Fund being raised for treatment to HIV positive Libyan kid

...treatment for the child and will not be given as a compensation for the child. The entire country is praying for the well being of the child who has been victimized to HIV infection by transfusion of contaminated blood....

Turkey Gears Itself To Fight Bird Flu

...armers whose birds have been culled are being paid compensation by the Turkish Government....

A Royal Flush And A White Elephant

...o a recent shoot out, the government of Nepal paid compensation of Nepali Rs. 150,000 ($2,100) to the family of slain cabbie//. The taxi driver was shot dead in Kathmandu valley Monday during a shutdown called by the Maoist guerrillas ahead of the Feb 8 local polls. The government also paid around Nepali Rs.150...

President Bush proposes HSAs scheme for the benefit of both the workers and the country

...ing is very essential. Jim Wilhite, director of compensation and benefits at Baker Hughes, said that the oil se...es. Mike Ellis, senior director of benefits and compensation at Continental, said that due to the diverse work force certain decisions have to be made which will...

Bird flu raises debate in EU for compensation for farmers

...15 percent in France. Current EU law provides for compensation for farmers who are forced to slaughter poultry in the event of an animal disease outbreak, but does not cover loss of income due to poor sales. Meanwhile, an initiative for immediate "preventive vaccination" against bird flu seems to have divided ...

India Awaits Test Results To Confirm The Bird Flu Virus In Humans

...exterminated. The government has offered farmers compensation of Rs.40 for every bird culled. Poultry farmers say this is too meagre to help them tide over their massive losses. Known to spread to human beings, the H5N1 strain of bird flu has resulted in nearly 100 human casualties across Southeast Asia, most...

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