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Doctors Need To Speak Out and Protect The Patients
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Should doctors protect themselves or protect the patients? The answer should undoubtedly be the latter. But that’s not the case with many doctors who are entangled in company affairs, writes New York Times.
At the moment there are more than 10,000 patient lawsuits brought against Johnson & Johnson over a poorly designed hip implant device, the Articular Surface Replacement (A.S.R). These hip replacement lawsuits could have been avoided if the physicians spoke out and reported the problem with the product. But experts say that many doctors remain silent either to protect themselves from being sued or to avoid confronting the companies and institutions they work for.
“This is a major problem. Doctors need a system that encourages them to speak out rather than the current system that hurts them for doing the right thing. No good deed goes unpunished.”, Manhatthan Orthopedic Care’s physician Dr. Armin Tehrany expressed his concerns.
Doctors usually bring attention to problems by research and publishing it in the medical journals. The research provides credibility and protects the doctors from lawsuits, but that practice takes times when often a faster solution is needed to avoid prescribing faulty products. Sometimes, even if the research proves the concerns, it may be too late to stop losing the trust of the patients.
In 2021, when Walter Lamar found himself in excruciating knee pain after a fall from a ladder while cleaning his gutters, he turned to the internet for a solution. His search led him to a review from a Broadway dancer who had undergone successful meniscus tear surgery with Dr. Armin Tehrany at Manhattan Orthopedic Care. […]
I was injured on the job both times, and both injuries required surgery. Dr. Tehrany and staff, from beginning to the end of each injury, went above and beyond to accommodate my needs. From pre to post surgery they were there in every way. He and his staff were extremally helpful an patent with issues […]
Multiple shoulder injuries are hard to play through, especially for sports enthusiasts who are used to being constantly on the move and active. David Apel had an appointment with Dr. Armin Tehrany after his mountain biking accident that resulted in multiple shoulder injuries. David had suffered an AC joint displacement, torn ligaments, a partially detached […]
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At the moment there are more than 10,000 patient lawsuits brought against Johnson & Johnson over a poorly designed hip implant device, the Articular Surface Replacement (A.S.R). These hip replacement lawsuits could have been avoided if the physicians spoke out and reported the problem with the product. But experts say that many doctors remain silent either to protect themselves from being sued or to avoid confronting the companies and institutions they work for.
