There is a plethora of whining when it comes to the cost of malpractice insurance. Surprisingly (or not), physicians are very quiet about rooting out the actual malpractice that occurs during clinical practice. One way of doing this is by sealing malpractice settlements so that the general public remains clueless regarding the true malpractice record of the provider. There is some hope.
" In medical cases, the practice puts the public at risk by shielding sub-par physicians from public disclosure of their mistakes, said Paul Lyon, spokesman for The Committee For Justice For All, a non-profit group that advocates for plaintiffs’ rights in civil litigation."
Not allowing the public to know? Do no harm? Perhaps to the pocketbook and social status of the provider. Patients be damned.
"The M-Care fund will pay part of the $3 million Walter Bryk’s wife, Amanda, will receive in her settlement with Mercy Hospital of Scranton and Dr. Jeffrey Wilcox, a heart surgeon who failed to properly suture her 42-year-old husband’s heart, causing a rupture that killed him, according to settlement papers filed in Luzerne County Court last week."
And why is this provider being allowed to continue to practice? Where is the State Medical Board in disciplining this provider by revocation of licensure? Where is the outrage from the medical community that this provider is allowed to continue to practice? Is Pa. not one of those states where there is a "malpractice crisis?" There is a crisis... the crisis of practitioners committing malpractice while still being allowed to retain their licenses to commit malpractice. Think about this case the next time you hear the inevitable whining that is sure to come from the sundry and nefarious medical groups concerning the "malpractice crisis."
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