"There but for the grace of God go I," is a phrase that came about simply because tragedy is something that one does not typically expect. It can happen to anyone at any time. In this case, a prominent heart surgeon, Dr. Lancelot Lester, who spent his career focusing on high risk cases and saved countless lives became a victim of medical error. According to this article in The Palm Beach Post, he suffered a reaction from a high dose of opioids and was not given Narcan (a dr

Dear Families of Florida Free Kill Victims and Florida Medical Rights Association Supporters, Election Day is near and while I would never tell anyone what to believe in or how to vote, I wanted to share with you which politicians have verbally committed to supporting a Bill to amend Florida's Free Kill Law and who has not. We have reached out to many Senators and House Representatives. The vast majority have not responded. Several responded that they would be willing to me

We are living in an age of change, a time where people are fed up with social injustices that often occur against American citizens in favor of for-profit corporations bottom line results. The medical industry is no stranger to this problem. While the medical profession is full of caring people, their success is overshadowed by a lack of accountability in the State of Florida that too often costs people their lives. Florida's Wrongful Death Act, Statute 768.21(8) has not go

The FMRA team members have been working hard in the background gearing up for lobbying to change the Wrongful Death Act in Florida. In January, 2019 we aim to put up a billboard in Florida's capital, Tallahassee. The billboard will read this or similar (we will be taking votes on a few options): Are You a Florida Free Kill? Visit www.FloridaFreeKill.org to find out if you your death may be legally unaccounted for in the case of wrongful or negligent death during a hospital

Florida Medical Rights Association is a health policy advocacy organization, whose bottom line goal is to improve patient safety in Florida hospitals. Our first act is to get Florida's statute 768.21(8) amended. The accountability levels are a problem in Florida One challenge we face in Florida is that the only organization legally policing individual medical files with errors is the hospital administration staff, where the very offenders are employed. Self policing doesn

Welcome to Florida, the Sunshine State, where doctors and medical facilities are not held accountable when their patients die due to medical errors they make that cause death. Now as a full Florida Nonprofit in the process of becoming a 501c(4), Florida Medical Rights Association (formerly Dad's Daisies/Two Daughters) is making great strides. Since you haven't heard much from us lately, I just want to share what we are up to in the background: Debbie had a great meeting with

Florida Medical Rights Association is an advocacy organization, whose bottom line goal is to improve patient safety in Florida hospitals. "The accountability levels are a problem in Florida" States Melody, Board Chair and co-founder of FMRA. "The bottom line is that Florida's Free Kill law increases medical errors, and these are too often deadly." Medical error is currently listed by the NIH as the 3rd leading cause of death in America. Many deaths caused by medical error

Click here to view a video of Debbie Sharing her Story. I watched my father bleed out and take his last breath due to several medical errors. Hospital administration admitted major mistakes were made in his care. I have very detailed documentation of his day to to day care, I have photographs I have taken of every life threatening event that he experienced, I have medical records that have been falsified by the hospital, I have an autopsy report proving things happened to my

Everybody makes mistakes, it's just a fact of life. Sometimes mistakes, especially those made by health care workers cause the untimely death of patients. In Florida, 53% of those deaths by medical error fall into the category of a Free Kill. In the state of Florida roughly 2.3 million young adults are are enrolled in college. According to Florida's Wrongful Death Act, there is zero accountability required if medical malpractice should occur causing the death of an unmarri

Florida Representative Watson (Miami-Dade County) and Florida Senator Gibson (Duval County) have submitted HB 259. A Bill worthy of attention from our community of advocates working towards improved medical rights and accountability in the Sunshine State. In full support of this Bill, there are some important points to note in relation to Florida's Wrongful Death Act. If "Florida's Free Kill" Law is not also addressed, the implication is that the Elder Abuse Fatality teams