Nasty!
Before the medical malpractice trial of a Jefferson County doctor began on Monday, April 16, prospective jurors were warned the content of the trial -- complications following an episiotomy -- may turn even the strongest of stomachs.
Apparently, the defense thought the details were too gruesome for jurors to digest. The case was settled the next day.
Sara Wallace regularly complained of pain in her uterus region after she gave birth. Then she awoke one morning to find feces in her vagina. She and her husband David sued the on-call doctor who delivered their baby.
According to the plaintiffs' second amended petition, on Aug. 16, 2003, Sara Wallace was a patient at Mid-Jefferson Hospital in Nederland. She had gone into early labor and her treating physician, Dr. Stephanie Cunningham, was out of town at the time. The on-call doctor, Dr. Donald Long, stepped in and delivered the baby using forceps, a vacuum-assisted device, and a third-degree episiotomy.
An episiotomy is when the physician cuts the tissue between the anus and the vagina, creating a large enough opening to birth the infant.
The plaintiff's lawyer, Mike McGown, said in his opening remarks that after the procedure, Long stitched the wound but neglected to check for a rectovaginal fistula, a hole between the anus and vagina that is often the result of an episiotomy. He also neglected to inform the Wallaces that such a wound could form after procedure.
Rest of story...
http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/19...octor-to-court
Before the medical malpractice trial of a Jefferson County doctor began on Monday, April 16, prospective jurors were warned the content of the trial -- complications following an episiotomy -- may turn even the strongest of stomachs.
Apparently, the defense thought the details were too gruesome for jurors to digest. The case was settled the next day.
Sara Wallace regularly complained of pain in her uterus region after she gave birth. Then she awoke one morning to find feces in her vagina. She and her husband David sued the on-call doctor who delivered their baby.
According to the plaintiffs' second amended petition, on Aug. 16, 2003, Sara Wallace was a patient at Mid-Jefferson Hospital in Nederland. She had gone into early labor and her treating physician, Dr. Stephanie Cunningham, was out of town at the time. The on-call doctor, Dr. Donald Long, stepped in and delivered the baby using forceps, a vacuum-assisted device, and a third-degree episiotomy.
An episiotomy is when the physician cuts the tissue between the anus and the vagina, creating a large enough opening to birth the infant.
The plaintiff's lawyer, Mike McGown, said in his opening remarks that after the procedure, Long stitched the wound but neglected to check for a rectovaginal fistula, a hole between the anus and vagina that is often the result of an episiotomy. He also neglected to inform the Wallaces that such a wound could form after procedure.
Rest of story...
http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/19...octor-to-court
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