A Westport plastic surgeon was fined $25,000 by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Tuesday for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping and rusty and dirty equipment. Several other doctors were also…
Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger Eye surgery facilities in Bridgeport and Waterford have been fined for performing surgery in the wrong eyes of patients, neglecting to notify the patients of the error and failing to…
by Lisa Chedekel A South Windsor nursing home faces an $865 fine from the state Department of Public Health for several lapses in patient care, including failing to properly address significant weight loss in two…
Written by Kate Farrish A Darien pediatrician has been fined $10,000 and reprimanded by the state for improperly removing 40 doses of flu vaccine meant for low-income children in 2010 from the Greenwich Hospital Pediatric…
Written by Kate Farrish A prominent Westport plastic surgeon is facing a possible reprimand and two years probation from the state for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping, rusty and dirty equipment…
Written by Lisa Chedekel Excess prescription drug use and a “flawed” post-deployment mental health screening process are among the factors fueling an increase in suicides among military service members, a new report by the Center…
Written by Lisa Chedekel Two Meriden nursing homes face fines from the state Department of Public Health for patient care lapses that in one case led to a resident’s hip fracture. The DPH cited the…
Written by Jennifer Kaylin Jesse Jutkowitz, a chiropractor with a record of disciplinary actions against him dating back to 1987, including the 1996 revocation of his license to practice as a chiropractor, was ordered by…
Written by Lisa Chedekel The number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans receiving mental health care from the VA has quadrupled since 2006, with PTSD and depression the most common diagnoses, a new report by the…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Hartford rest home will be monitored by a special consultant, after a June incident in which a resident set himself on fire and died while the home’s overnight attendant was…
The Gaylord Farms Rehabilitation Center of Wallingford has been cited by the state Department of Public Health for an incident in which a patient with a traumatic brain injury took the facility’s van keys, drove…
Written by Lisa Chedekel Two physicians, in Norwich and New Haven, have been reprimanded by the state Medical Examining Board for improper conduct connected to errors made during surgeries, while a third physician who had…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A doctor practicing at Norwalk Hospital whose license status was questioned in a C-HIT story in December has been reprimanded and fined by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board. The board recently…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Danielson nursing home faces a heavy fine from the state Department of Public Health after an investigation found that multiple nurses at the facility had withheld medications from patients, including…
written by Lisa Chedekel The state Department of Public Health has cited and fined a West Hartford nursing home for failing to properly administer medication to one resident and for improperly transferring another resident into…
written by Lisa Chedekel The state Department of Public Health has fined three nursing homes more than $500 each for offenses ranging from care lapses that led to patients’ falls, to the alleged theft of…
Written by Lisa Chedekel Clifford Berken The state Department of Public Health has overruled a medical board decision that would have allowed a Greenwich physician who is registered as a sex offender to resume his…
Written by Lisa Chedekel About one-third of parents of young children worry that vaccines may cause learning disabilities such as autism, while more than 40 percent question whether they are safe, according to a new…
Written by Lisa Chedekel The Connecticut state health department has fined and reprimanded an ambulatory surgery center in Westport, after suspending its license in May, for violations ranging from failing to ensure that registered nurses…
The Masonicare Health Center of Wallingford has agreed to pay a civil settlement of $447,776 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. In a press release,…