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Our Atlanta medical malpractice <\/a>attorneys frequently see cases in which the practices engaged in by physicians are questionable. Yet in many instances the practices are so egregious that one has to wonder how the medical establishment could allow them to occur or continue. Yesterday, the New York Times reported just such a situation at a VA Hospital in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

In a common treatment for prostate cancer, doctors implant dozens of radioactive seeds in the prostate to attack the cancerous cells. But, according to reports, when Dr. Gary D. Kao treated one patient at the VA hospital in Philadelphia, his aim was more than a little off.<\/p>\n

Most of the seeds, 40 in all, were implanted in the patient\u2019s healthy bladder, not the prostate.<\/p>\n

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Our Atlanta medical malpractice attorneys frequently see cases in which the practices engaged in by physicians are questionable. Yet in many instances the practices are so egregious that one has to wonder how the medical establishment could allow them to occur or continue. Yesterday, the New York Times reported just such a situation at a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-32413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nMedical Errors At VA Hospital Concealed — Trial Attorney Blog — June 22, 2009<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our Atlanta medical malpractice attorneys frequently see cases in which the practices engaged in by physicians are questionable. 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