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Yesterday we were deeply saddened when we learned our friend Tom Farrell, was killed. Dan and I are plaintiff lawyers, Tom is a defense lawyer – this combination in Roanoke guarantees you will have cases against one-another, and we did. Tom was always kind, maintained a good sense of humor – and was always thankful…

Clarence Brown was a resident of Marmet Health Care Center from April 27of 1996 to May of 2007. Clayton Brown claims that while in the care of the facility Clarence Brown suffered several personal injuries and damages. Brown was admitted to Marmet Health Care Center in 1996 at the age of 46 because he suffered…

The WallStreet Journal Health Blog has a great point “The presidential candidates are fighting over who would do the most to increase the number of Americans with health insurance and expand access to care, BUT “their plans don’t ensure that there will be enough doctors and nurses will treat all those new patients, argues a…

As our readers are aware, at this blog we post comments and articles on issues and topics of interest to American consumers of health care. We also spend a great deal of time reading other blogs which focus on the state of health care in America. Recently, we ran across two blog posts on appalling…

Sadly, we review more than a few pressure ulcer cases each year. A pressure ulcer is essentially a bedsore that can develop because too much pressure is placed on the skin. Often pressure ulcers form on heels, sacrums (buttocks) and other areas that non-walking long term care residents sit for hours. Family by law –…

There was a letter to the editor in the Roanoke Times newspaper several days ago about “retail health clinics.” For those readers unfamiliar with the term, it basically means a nurse or physician’s assistant working in a retail store and seeing/treating patients with minor medical problems. The author of that letter, Dr. Mark Schleupner, correctly…

State regulators have refused to issue a license for the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Home because of a host of problems, including failure to meet requirements for accident prevention and infection control. Problems cited in the report include failure to meet requirements for therapeutic diets, care of pressure sores, vision and hearing, activities of daily…

The Virginia Board of Medicine has taken a rare step in reprimanding two Fairfax, Virginia doctors for their failure to provide appropriate care during the delivery of a new born. The Board found that Dr. Evelyn Anna Ruelaz and Dr. Regina Burton failed to adequately assess a pregnant patient with a history of excessive bleeding…

Here is a disturbing report: Black nursing home residents in Maryland and Virginia are more likely than white residents to be sent to hospitals for dehydration, poor nutrition, bedsores and other ailments because of a gap in the quality of in-house medical care, according to a new study. Researchers affiliated with Brown University’s medical school…