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Illinois Patient Sues Chicago Surgeon for Medical Malpractice Over Injuries and Failure to Obtain Informed Consent

In 2006 a women went into surgery to repair a leaky heart valve. Doctor Patrick McCarthy of Chicago was the patients doctor who preformed the surgery and also implanted a heart device that he failed to mention he was the inventor of the new device. The patient is suing Dr. McCarhy for medical malpractice. Vlahoulis, the patient, experiences inflammation after the surgery and had to undergo a second surgery to have the device removed. She says that if she had known the device was experimental, she never would have agreed to have it placed inside her. McCarthy denies that the device was experimental because an older model was available commercially over a month before he performed the surgery on the 41-year-old patient. Northwest Memorial Hospital claims it obtained the necessary consent from Vlahoulis for the implant procedure.
Vlahoulis, who filed her Illinois personal injury lawsuit in Cook County earlier this year, is seeking over $50,000 in damages from McCarthy. McCarthy says that he doesn’t believe that the ring is the cause of Vlahoulis’s latest health issues.

Failure to Obtain Informed Consent
Physicians, dentists, surgeons, and other medical provider must obtain a patient’s informed consent before conducting a procedure. An “informed consent” form notes any potential complications and risks that could arise from the treatment or procedure. The medical provider should also discuss the potential risks with the patient prior to the procedure.

http://www.chicagoinjuryattorneyblog.com/2008/10/illinois_patient_sues_chicago.html

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Tissue Can Be Taken from Mentally Incapacitated to Make Clones without Consent under British Bill
By Hilary White

In London, an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill now allows tissue to be taken from people who lack the “mental capacity” and to be given to used to make a clone. This amendment allows tissue to be removed from children, those in comas, or those with dementia who are incapable of understanding what is going on. This amendment also allows any tissue that has been previously donated by donors who can no longer be traced to be used as well to make clones. Some agree that this bill allows unethical activities which include the creation of human/animal hybrid clones. This bill is raising lots of controversy between Pro-life campaigners and those behind the bill. I believe that this bill will cause a lot of conflict in London. Embryos which were donated by donors who can not be traced should not be used to make clones becuase that was not the purpose of their donation.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08102107.html

p0st fIvE::A Prisoner's Right: Force-Feeding A Starving Inmate Violates Medical Ethics

The article i read entitled: A Prisoner's Right: Force-Feeding A Starving Inmate Violates Medical Ethics, refers to William Coleman a 48 year old man serving an eight yer sentence for rape at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers Connecticut. Somers has gone on a hunger strike claiming that he was unjustly convicted. Since his protest, Coleman has lost more than 100 pounds in the past year. Fearing for his life, prison officials received a court order which allowed them to force feed Coleman food and water intravenously. I believe that competent prisoners should not be forced fed against there own will. Not to mention that the use of intravenous needles should only be supervised under doctors and nurses and who is to know if that is the case in these prisons. All competent adults are allowed to deny medical treatment if they choose to, so Coleman should be allowed to refuse being force fed because it is his right.