Kentucky Passes Law Decriminalizing Medical Errors

As a result of the RaDonda Vaught conviction, Kentucky recently passed a law decriminalizing mistakes made by medical professionals that result in harm. You can learn more about that case here and here. Specifically, it states that providers "shall be immune from criminal liability for any harm or damages alleged to arise from an act…

“A Culture of Silence Persists in Medicine Despite #MeToo”

I recently came across this article: A Culture of Silence Persists in Medicine Despite #MeToo. The authors, who are doctors, focus on the need to be more transparent and accepting when it comes to members of the medical community who have experienced sexual violence. They cite this study that assessed responses from 16 teaching physicians regarding their role…

Verdict in “Take Care of Maya” Trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycKdaasF8uA I hope this is a turning point in the fight against the corrupt medical establishment. It's nice that the jury was able to see through the god-like status society has bestowed upon the medical community and acknowledge the pain and suffering patients and and their families endure at their hands. In this case, the…

A Court Case Revisited – Professionalism

"We're all professionals." For those of us harmed patients who have been intimately violated and dared to take the provider to task, that's the response we have received, as if that was supposed to be some soothing remedy to the trauma they caused by their unauthorized actions. I discussed this topic here. It's a false…

What You Can Do

So that's it. That's my story. My leg ulcer finally healed.....a year and a half after my surgery. When it wasn't healing, and I began to research my condition and the procedure I underwent, I saw where leg ulcers typically heal within a few weeks. Mine took a year and a half, and that was…