New York City

Published on: July 7, 2011

Police Investigator Pleads Innocence in Prison Death

by Stephen Bilkis

A Police Investigator in Bambolim is facing inquiry from the death of a prisoner who died while in his custody. The Investigator claims that the prisoner was treated at Goa Medical College, and that no brain or head injury was reported at the time.

The suspended Police Investigator is requesting a cross examination of the forensic experts work, who stated that he believed the head injuries to be fatal, describes a New York Brain Injury Lawyer.

During the hearing, the Police Investigator stated that the prisoner was treated at Goa Medical Center for 18 hours, after the Panaji police took me there on January 8th. The prisoner was examined by a neurosurgeon and underwent a CT scan. He passed away on January 9th. The hospital has no records of brain or head injuries. In Nassau and New York City, hospitals are required to keep records of all patients x-rays.

Published on: June 16, 2011

Study Reveals Connection between Vaccines and Autism Ignored

by Stephen Bilkis

In 1986, Congress mandated the creation of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) which was to operate under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. The VICP was to oversee all children’s claims of injury that had resulted from vaccines. The program’s implementation was highly important because of the widespread use of and necessity of several series of vaccinations for daycare and school.

A recent investigative study was conducted on the Program. In the study, many claims were examined, primarily vaccine-induced encephalopathy and seizure disorder claims. A Manhattan Brain Injury Attorney says that the study found the VICP has compensated about 2,500 claims since its inception. In 83 cases, compensation was given to “acknowledged vaccine-induced brain damage” including autism, the disorder that severely affects speech, social communication, and even behavior. 21 of these cases saw the Court of Federal Claims ruling that the child petitioners had autism. In the other 62 cases, the study found that the HHS (Health and Human Services) has paid settlement amounts to children with vaccine-induced brain damage such as autism or an autism spectrum disorder.

In order for their children to be compensated by VICP, parents must report the existence of autism via a telephone interview. They must also supply supplemental diagnostic materials, such as official medical diagnoses, school records, and autism screening questionnaires. All of these requirements are to validate the parents’ claims.

Published on: June 14, 2011

Woman recovers after brain injury, says New York Brain Injury Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

A NYC Brain Injury Lawyer retold the story about a brain injury patient in Dallas, Texas, who was twenty years old, had shown signs of improvement. Before, her diagnosis was not good. Doctors thought she would never walk or talk again.

The Dallas woman was in a car accident that resulted from severe head injury. In the accident, she had her skull separated from her spinal column. A lot of people would have died in an accident like this, but this young woman fought for her life.

To the doctor’s dismay, the Dallas young woman began to walk slowly and was able to talk with some type of simulation. However, most recently, she boasted to her family that she was able to shave her legs, which was a true accomplishment considering her injuries. In New York City and Nassau County, doctors are learning from these findings in Dallas.

Published on: June 4, 2011

Explosive blast causes more than 60% of combat casualties

by Stephen Bilkis

The ongoing Global War on Terror has resulted in an increase of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, New York Brain Injury Lawyers have noted. A number of them suffer from an explosive blast (bTBI). Physicians have decided this type of injury is distinct from other forms of brain trauma, such as penetrating TBI (pTBI) and closed head TBI (cTBI).

Explosive blast causes more than 60% of combat casualties in the two current major American campaigns, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The main source of danger are the much talked-about IEDs – improvised explosive devices. The head is often injured in battle, accounting for 20% of all combat-related injuries in modern wars. When it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the data is still coming in. So far, the data seems to closely match that of previous wars.

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom are distinct from 20th century wars in the higher survival rate of those who are injured in combat, even those who suffer from TBI, according to NYC Brain Injury Lawyers. An important factor to be considered is the use of body armor. Doctors used to believe that the severity of bTBI was due to pTBI from fragments of the explosive device or cTBI from the head striking an object after the victim was thrown. Many cases like these are handled in hospitals in Nassau and New York City.