medical malpractice

Back in the summer of 2009, a large Boston hospital welcomed a new member to its surgical team: a robotic system named da Vinci. The multi-armed, multi-million-dollar member of the team was heralded for its ability to assist in minimally invasive heart surgeries that would help patients recover faster and with less pain. Unfortunately, this same surgical system was recently linked by the Food and Drug Administration to several deaths. And CBS reports that the da Vinci system has been involved in surgical errors and "a few disturbing, freak accidents" as well. The $2.5 million robotic assistant helped perform 400,000 surgeries last…