{"id":32433,"date":"2009-07-23T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T14:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/servicemembers_have_no_recours\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:58:02","slug":"servicemembers-have-no-recours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/servicemembers-have-no-recours\/","title":{"rendered":"Servicemembers Have No Recourse For Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many servicemembers and dependents reside in Georgia. While servicemembers can receive care at military hospitals they have no rights if they are the victim of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serious-injury-litigation.com\/lawyer-attorney-1259781.html\">malpractice<\/a>, no matter how egregious. The Feres Doctrine, named after a 1950 Supreme Court decision, grants complete immunity to military health care professionals who commit malpractice upon service members. Service members who have sacrificed for their country and become victims of malpractice are left to suffer the consequences with no recourse.<\/p>\n<p>This injustice has again come to light in the case of a 20-year-old Air Force serviceman who was reported to be in critical condition at the University of California Davis Medical Center on Monday, after losing both legs in what has been described as complications from routine gallbladder surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The gall bladder surgery was performed at Travis Air Force Base. The Air Force would only comment that a &#8220;serious medical incident&#8221; occurred at its David Grant Medical Center on July 9 and is being investigated by the base, a national hospital accrediting commission and the U.S. Surgeon General.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/servicemembers-have-no-recours\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Servicemembers Have No Recourse For Malpractice\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many servicemembers and dependents reside in Georgia. While servicemembers can receive care at military hospitals they have no rights if they are the victim of malpractice, no matter how egregious. The Feres Doctrine, named after a 1950 Supreme Court decision, grants complete immunity to military health care professionals who commit malpractice upon service members. 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