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• Nursing Home Deaths Due to Improper Insulin Injection

  Jennifer Moore | October 22, 2007 7:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Two elderly women recently died at Parkway Medical Center due to a reaction to an insulin injection. The women did not have diabetes. Parkway Medical Center is a long-term nursing care facility. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services reported that Parkway believes it was error or "purposeful malicious administration of insulin." The Attorney General's office is investigating. Insulin is...

• Faulty Medtronic Defibrillator

  Jennifer Moore | October 15, 2007 5:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A faulty component in a Meditronic defibrillator may have caused five deaths and malfunctioned in thousands of individuals. Meditronic is one of the nation's largest manufacturers of implanted heart devices. The defibrillator is used to shock the faltering heart back into normal rhythm. Meditronic issued a warning yesterday to doctors that the electric "lead, " known as the Sprint Fidelis, in...

• Maps Showing Traffic Problems and Accidents

  Jennifer Moore | October 02, 2007 10:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Go to www.metromapper.org and click on traffic cams to get up-to-date information on traffic flow in Louisville, Kentucky. This can be helpful when determining the quickest route in order to avoid major collisions. Metromapper has Interstate traffic cameras, traffic speed, and sign messages updated continuously! You can also see how safe our bridges are in Kentucky. This map shows the...

• Objects Fall From Truck

  Jennifer Moore | October 01, 2007 9:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Two portable toilets fell from a truck on Monday morning in Louisville, Kentucky. The portable toilets struck several vehicles traveling behind the truck causing multiple crashes. Objects falling from trucks can occur due to truckers failure to properly secure the items. Whenever you are traveling behind a semi tractor trailer be cognizant of the exposed cargo. Falling objects can cause...