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Staff abused and neglected patients at an Illinois mental health facility

According to a recent report released by the Illinois Department of Human Services' watchdog office, a violent assault on a patient was covered up by several employees of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. According to the IDHS Inspector General's report, the "widespread cover-up" of that incident indicated a deeply entrenched "code of silence" among some employees. As a result of reporting by Capitol News Illinois, Lee Enterprises Midwest and ProPublica, the OIG report noted a culture of patient abuse and cover-ups at a state-run facility in rural southern Illinois serving people with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses, or a combination of disorders. One individual was beaten in December 2014, and...

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Strokes Are Among the Leading Cause of Long Term Disability

Strokes affect somebody every 40 seconds. Once every 4 minutes, somebody in the United States somebody dies from a stroke. Among the key issues to address in medical malpractice cases involving strokes and stroke, treatment is early intervention. There is a know medication to address individuals who are suffering early signs and symptoms of a stroke. That medication is essential to be administered in a very short window of time. Approximately 4 and a half hours. In certain situations individuals are hospitalized and eligible to receive the medication but for any number of reasons fail to receive that medication and...

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