Dr. who removed wrong lung practicing again

The doctor who caused the death of a patient at the Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, NJ, by removing the wrong lung some 10 years ago -- and then tried to cover it up -- is practicing surgery again, according to news accounts. The Jersey Journal reports that the physician, Dr. Santusht Perera, was practicing this time at Hoboken University Medical Center following a six-month "active" suspension

Woman with head injury waited hours in ER

Stories abound of long waits in hospital emergency rooms and ensuing tragedy. Among the latest is a California case in which a woman waited in an ER for hours with a pellet from an air rifle in her brain before being transferred to another hospital for surgery. The result: Jessica Ramirez remains in a vegetative state in a North Hollywood nursing home. Ramirez would have been fine, her attorney

43,000 Roman Shades by Lutron Shading Solutions recalled due to strangulation hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Chandigarh Fashion Inc., Children's Bangles (high levels of lead - 1,200) Ten West Apparel Boys' Hooded Jackets (strangulation hazard – 75)Meijer Innovations and "At Home with Meijer" Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds. Roll-up Blinds (strangulation hazard – 240,000) Lutron