Russian Woman “Embalmed Alive” is a Clear Case of Medical Malpractice

As a firm with decades of experience handling medical malpractice cases, the law firm of Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool, LLP has represented victims injured due to various types of medical malpractice.  Unfortunately,  a medical error involving the incorrect administration of medicine is a scenario that arises more frequently than most would believe.  These situations do not typically garner headlines such as the recent report wherein a Russian woman was mistakenly injected with formaldehyde instead of saline according to a published news article.  Formalin contains formaldehyde which is used to preserve or “embalm” dead bodies. The woman was apparently undergoing a procedure for the removal of ovarian cysts.  During the procedure, she as injected with formalin, which contains formaldehyde, instead of saline because the staff at the hospital failed to read the name on the vial.  By the time the mistake was realized, it was…

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