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Mountain State University Nursing School Loses State Accreditation

February 22, 2012 lawmed No comments

It has been like watching a train crash in slow motion. The outcome inevitable. The passengers: the nursing students…not sure how injured they would be once their world stopped spinning. And now they know.

On the heels of a visit from representatives of the Higher Learning Commission sent to campus to decide whether the institution should remain accredited as a whole, Mountain State University in Beckley, West Virginia, received more bad news signaling the end of its nursing school. On Thursday, February 18th, the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses announced effective August 31, 2012, the MSU school of nursing will no longer be accredited by the state.

The board placed the university’s nursing program on provisional accreditation in November 2010, and in December 2011, the board reviewed the accreditation after four nursing faculty members headed for the exit. Without such accreditation, the school cannot produce graduates eligible … (Continued…)

Lawsuit: Sisters Have Hospital Kill Multi Millionaire Father For Inheritence

February 10, 2012 lawmed No comments

Victorino Noval, 78, entered a Kaiser hospital in Southern California on April 28, 2010, with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. He was intubated, placed on a mechanical ventilator, and sedated. His medical history included early stages of Parkinson’s, and COPD. Noval was totally independent prior to his hospitalization. He lived in his own home, drove his own car, performed his own daily living activities, managed his own finances and investments, and had an annual income of $3 Million. He was worth an estimated $60 Million.

On May 7th, 2010, despite exhibiting improvement in his pneumonia and having a positive prognosis for recovery, Kaiser staff removed Noval from his ventilator, extubated him, and then administered large doses of morphine with the sole intention being to bring about his death. They succeeded. And this was all done without consulting his son, Hector Nova, despite the fact that Kaiser had an executed durable … (Continued…)

Full Circle: Winkler County Atty Tidwell Has License Suspended

February 04, 2012 lawmed No comments

Things have been coming full circle in the extraordinary case of the Winkler County Texas Nurse Whistleblower Case over the past year and that circle may just have closed. The last bit of justice seems to have been served with the suspension of former Winkler County Attorney Scott Tidwell’s license to practice law in the state of Texas.

It all began in 2009 when Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle, two nurses working at Winkler County Memorial Hospital who were responsible for Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Medical Staff privileges advised hospital administrator Stan Wiley that one of their physicians, Dr. Rolando Arafiles, had violated the standard of care, hospital policies and made some serious medical errors. Wiley refused to take any action and told the two they were prohibited from reporting Arafiles to any outside agency without his approval, in violation of state law.

Concerned over the safety of their … (Continued…)

Pfizer (Akrimax) Recalls 1 Million Packets Of Birth Control Pills

February 01, 2012 lawmed No comments

Pfizer pharmaceuticals has recalled 1 million birth control pill packets because they “may not prevent pregnancy”, which is certainly an undesirable property in a birth control medication. From their press release issued last evening:

Pfizer Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Lo/Ovral®-28 And Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets Due To Possibility Of Inexact Tablet Counts Or Out Of Sequence Tablets

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. announced today that it has voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral®-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol)Tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets (generic)for customers in the U.S. market. An investigation by Pfizer found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count of inert or active ingredient tablets and that the tablets may be out of sequence. The cause was identified and corrected immediately.

These products are oral contraceptives indicated for the prevention of pregnancy in women who elect to use oral contraceptives as a method of … (Continued…)

Green Tea Protects Liver In Acetaminophen Overdose

January 20, 2012 lawmed No comments

This is a bit of a departure from the usual content found on the Law Med Blog. Ten years ago I worked for a year or two at the Georgia Poison Center in Atlanta as a Poison Specialist taking calls that came into the center and advising on treatment. Calls were received from the public and also physicians and emergency rooms. One call sticks out and I have always regretted not publishing the event which occurred shortly before I left the center for another position. It involved a case of Tylenol poisoning which presented unlike any other reported case in the literature, or even known to the toxicology community in this country. A few toxicology blogs took notice of this Blog after our coverage of the toxicology in the Michael Jackson case. They may find this piece of some interest. We welcome any comments!

The call was from an … (Continued…)

Felon Dr. Norberg Defense Of Propofol Use On Wife FAILS [Video]

January 08, 2012 lawmed No comments

In what can only be described as a pathetic attempt to justify what was at best gross medical negligence and unethical behavior, and at worst chemical incapacitation for the purpose of committing serial rape, Dr. Jon Norberg, 41, of Fargo N.D. went on camera Friday, days after pleading guilty to lesser charges of felony reckless endangerment and misdemeanor sexual imposition.

If the public learned anything about propofol from the Michael Jackson case , it is the fact that it should NEVER be administered in someone’s home under ANY circumstances, and that it is a very dangerous drug in untrained hands. The good Dr. Norberg would have us believe that he is somehow qualified and even experienced in the administration of propofol and that a reasonable physician might inject his wife with it over and over to treat an illness. There is not an ounce of truth in this. Not an … (Continued…)

SHOCKER: Victim In Propofol Rape Case Is Wife Of Convicted Dr [VIDEO]

January 06, 2012 lawmed No comments

In a stunning development, the victim in the Fargo, N.D. ‘propofol rape’ case has stepped forward and identified herself to the public. She is none other than Alonna Norberg, the wife of the accused, now guilty, Dr. Jon Norberg who entered an Alford plea of guilt in court yesterday. For months the only description of the victim had been a ‘woman who was not a patient’ of Dr. Norberg.

After Dr. Norberg’s plea he made statements to the media which were false according to Mrs. Norberg who says she has come forward to set the public record straight. “I would have preferred that these matters remain private to shield my children, but the legal cases and news coverage make it important that I correct the public record,” she said in a statement released by her attorney. According to court documents, she has filed for a divorce. However her husband claimed … (Continued…)

2 Md Abortion Physicians Charged With Multiple Murder Counts

December 30, 2011 lawmed No comments

Baltimore may have its own version of the “Shop of Horrors” abortion clinic run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. Gosnell has been charged with multiple counts of first degree murder and is in jail awaiting trial and faces the death penalty.

And now, under what are disturbingly similar circumstances to those in Philly, police in Maryland have charged doctors Steven Chase Brigham, 55, of Voorhees, N.J., and Nicola Irene Riley, 46, of Salt Lake City, Utah with a number of serious crimes including first-degree murder. Brigham faces 5 counts of the top murder charge as well as 5 counts of second-degree murder. Riley faces 1 count of first-degree murder and 1 count of second-degree murder. Both face a single count of conspiracy to commit murder. Brigham is currently in custody at the Camden County Jail in New Jersey and Riley is in custody at the Salt Lake County Jail … (Continued…)

“Miracle Awakening As Organs Were About To Be Donated” Story Is Bullshit

December 27, 2011 lawmed No comments

The Law Med Blog enjoys a good Christmas miracle story as much as the next guy. So when a couple of days ago we saw a story about an Arizona man who awakens from a coma just in the nick of time not to have his organs removed and donated, we were on the edge of our seat until we got past the headline. As we read one media report after another we came to realize that the claim of the last second “Christmas miracle” awakening as doctors were set to remove the young man’s vital organs to help those in need was complete and utter nonsense. The sad part is it appears that the media itself has created and perpetuated this false characterization of events and it could have a chilling effect on the already desperately needed increase in organ donor numbers.

Law Med does not have any special … (Continued…)

Watch Harsh Words Delivered By Judge Pastor At Murray Sentencing [VIDEO]

December 04, 2011 lawmed No comments

If you did not get the chance to watch the video of Judge Pastor sentencing Dr. Conrad Murray to 4 years in prison it is well worth 10 minutes of your time. He rakes Murray over the coals in a well deserved come-to-Jesus, dose of reality, statement. 4 years in county jail was the maximum sentence allowed under the law and you get the impression that Pastor would have preferred a longer sentence in state prison. The judge refers to Murray’s treatment of Michael Jackson as “medical experimentation”.

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Ex Nurse Anesthetist Sentenced To Life +25 Years [VIDEO]

November 19, 2011 lawmed No comments

A former certified registered nurse anesthetist, convicted in April of 34 charges including sexual assault of a person in custody, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation and unlawful surveillance in a Georgia courtroom, was sentenced by a judge Friday to a term of life plus 25 years.

Paul Patrick Serdula, 49, was tried for the assaults on 19 of his patients, many of whom were unconscious from the anesthetic he administered during their surgical procedures in medical and dental offices across metro Atlanta. He was initially charged in November 2009 with hiding a camera in the women’s bathroom of a Cobb County dental office where he worked. The next week, Serdula was arrested on charges that he videotaped himself assaulting a 15-year-old girl under anesthesia at a dental office in Mid-Town Atlanta.

Serdula’s guilty verdict was handed down in April after a bench trial before a judge during which Serdula’s attorneys … (Continued…)

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