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Parkland Hospital in Dallas Fined $1 Million for Safety Violations
| September 4th, 2012
Sept. 4, 2012 Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, was recently fined $1 million by the Texas Department of State Health Services after an investigation confirmed numerous complaints of safety violations at the facility. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the fine was the largest of its kind in Texas history. Hospital and government officials reached
Read MoreDallas Hospital’s Organ Transplant Facility Closed Because Of Medical Error
| August 28th, 2012
August 28, 2012 Organ transplants at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas were recently halted due to a potentially deadly mistake. According to NBC 5 News, the hospital voluntarily suspended its transplant program after an organ was transplanted into the wrong patient last month. A spokesperson for the hospital stated that the decision to halt all
Read MoreDallas’s Parkland Memorial Receives Another Negative Safety Compliance Report
| August 21st, 2012
August 21, 2012 Federal officials who are monitoring efforts at Dallas’s Parkland Memorial Hospital to turn the facilities less than stellar safety record around gave a poor review of the facility recently. According to The Dallas Morning News, the most recent write-up included reports of several serious medical errors that included a botched surgery, medication mistakes,
Read MoreDallas Doctor Accused Of Several Counts Of Medical Malpractice
| August 14th, 2012
August 14, 2012 A Dallas, Texas, doctor faces allegations of malpractice after performing illegal injections and botched medical procedures on patients. The Dallas Observer reports the doctor’s record of illegal practices dates back to 2004, when he was caught illegally selling prescription medications over the internet. He was fined $25,000 and was not allowed to
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