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Dallas Hospital’s Organ Transplant Facility Closed Because Of Medical Error 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 (more...)

Dallas’s Parkland Memorial Receives Another Negative Safety Compliance Report 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, (more...)

Claim Filed Against Daycare For Denying Child Insulin Injections July 24, 2012 The case of a diabetic Texas toddler, whose daycare refused to give her insulin injections, is raising questions as to how far child care workers should be allowed to go in providing medical care. According to NBCDFW 5 News, the girl was enrolled in the Coppell, Texas, daycare center in October after (more...)

Crane Collapse On Dallas Campus Claims The Lives Of Two Workers July 10, 2012 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a job in the construction industry is one of the most dangerous occupations that a person can hold, as the industry led all others in personal injuries and deaths, with a total of 751 workers losing their lives in 2010 alone. The most common type (more...)