InjuryBoard Providence Archives

• Man Dies after Rhode Island Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head

  Courtney Mills | August 24, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A man has died a few weeks after his neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of his brain.As an emergency operation at Rhode Island Hospital was underway to stanch bleeding in a patient's brain, Dr. Frederick Harrington's nurse practitioner allegedly neglected to record which side of his patient's head needed surgery. According to reports, when another nurse pointed out what required...

• 3 Deaths in Rollover Car Crash

  Courtney Mills | August 17, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Three people died in a rollover crash on Thursday afternoon, and a fourth was injured, in Tiverton, Rhode Island, the police said. The driver was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle, causing his car to edge off the roadway and flip over, sliding onto its roof. The accident occurred at approximately 5:00pm.The driver and two of the passengers were killed...

• Hip Protectors Don't Stop Fractures in Falls

  Jenny Albano | August 08, 2007 7:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that padded hip protectors worn by the elderly do not prevent fractures if a person falls. The study monitored 1,000 nursing home residents at an average age of 85. The researchers had the participants wear the protector on one hip and leave the other one free to compare the results. After 20 months, the fracture rate between...