The prestigious publication of Consumer Reports made an evaluation of the quality of several of the hospitals in Puerto Rico, including the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital of San Juan, Auxilio Mutuo of San Juan, Cardiovascular Center of San Juan, Women Hospital of Ponce, Brother’s Meléndez…
During Luis Fortuño’s government, the then Secretary of Health signed the 544-2004 Regulation from the Department of Health. In said Regulation, which defined and created the trauma centers, the possible compensation to medical malpractice victims was limited to only $75,000. The terrible thing of this…
Medicare does not pay medical expenses that are expected to be paid by insurers or by the “Fondo del Seguro de Estado”. That is why, when Medicare pays medical expenses in a medical malpractice case, which eventually is indemnified or damages are paid, due to…
Today, I want to share with the reader that in the past months, I have noticed a considerable increase in the consultation of cases, where the medical negligence has been of such magnitude, that you do not need to be a doctor to notice it.…