Army Lieutenant Colonel Says Lewiston Shooter Had 'Low Threat' Profile upon Leaving Hospital
PORTLAND, Maine — A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves told an investigatory panel on Monday that a reservist who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history had a low threat profile when he left a psychiatric hospital prior to the killings. Lt. Col. Ryan Vazquez also testified that there were limitations on forcing […]
VA Hospital Missed a Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Suit Claims. It Settled for $850,000
An alleged failure to timely diagnose a veteran’s lung cancer at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Dorn Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., has led to a settlement of $850,000 to his widow. The settlement in the medical malpractice case of the late William Whitaker, an honorably discharged U.S. Army veteran, was approved by U.S. Judge […]
Tripler Hospital Settles Malpractice Lawsuit for $9.5M After Army Wife’s Botched Surgeries Led to Death
The U.S. government will pay $9.5 million to a military family to settle a medical malpractice judgment for a “botched gastric bypass surgery” in 2020. In November 2020, Julie Bond, a 31-year-old Army wife, underwent a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure at Tripler Army Medical Center after being referred to the hospital’s bariatric surgery program by her primary care physician at […]
An Army Couple Had Their Daughter at a Military Hospital. Then the Collections Calls Started for $600,000.
Army Spc. Daysha Cartagena and her husband, Staff Sgt. Isaiah Cortez, were looking forward to the birth of their daughter in October 2021. The pregnancy hadn’t been easy; Cartagena’s legs and ankles were swollen, and her blood pressure had been erratic. When she began feeling contractions, Cartagena went to Womack Army Medical Center at Fort […]
