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It’s well-known that brain injury is among the most serious types of injury a person can suffer. There is an immense amount of physical damage that can occur, but mental, psychological and emotional damage can occur as well. When brain injuries are the result of physician negligence or another preventable act of negligence, the…

Women who deliver babies via C-sections are likely to have many concerns about recovery after the operation. A Cesarean section is a major surgery that requires the coordinated efforts of skilled doctors and nurses in the operating room. While most C-sections result in healthy babies and tired yet happy mothers, sometimes medical mistakes occur…

  Nurses play many important roles in labor and delivery; many families can remember an especially helpful or kind nurse who helped make a baby’s entrance into the world a little easier. However, just as there are many dedicated and responsible nurses, there are also instances of nursing negligence that can harm an expecting…

  Houston women who are expecting an addition to their family typically entrust their doctors with major decisions related to the impending birth. One such decision is whether a woman will give birth via cesarean section or vaginally. In the past, it was often assumed that once a woman had a C-section, all subsequent…

Medical malpractice can take a variety of forms, but the most devastating is when malpractice results in a fatal accident or worsening of a patient’s condition. Since patients usually have a high level of trust in their doctors, malpractice can be shocking as well as damaging. The physical and emotional damages from a malpractice…

Any type of physician error or nursing negligence can have harrowing effects on a Houston hospital patient. During labor and delivery, however, a doctor error can affect a baby’s life even before the child is born. In particular, brain injuries may be caused by a type of serious labor complication known as birth asphyxia….

When people heard the words “birth injury,” they often think of the more well-known afflictions such as cerebral palsy or brain injury. However, there is actually a wide range of birth injuries that can complicate a delivery process for a Houston family. While all birth injuries have the potential to cause damage, some may…

There are many reasons why a Houston woman might need to get a hysterectomy. The procedure, which removes a woman’s uterus, is sometimes necessary for those suffering from endometriosis, uterine fibroids, adenomyosis, uterine prolapse or certain types of cancer. After the surgery is performed, recovery generally takes about three to six weeks, and the…

  As part of their medical training, OB/GYN doctors and nurses gain understanding of what can go wrong during the delivery process and how to properly react to such complications. In most births which take place at Texas hospitals, few serious complications arise and a healthy baby debuts. Still, at times there are more…

When a baby is born in a Houston hospital, family, friends and well-wishers will almost always inquire into the health of the newborn. The health and wellbeing of the mother is also a frequent topic of concern, even though most births proceed without serious harm to mother or baby. Still, in some tragic cases…