Re: Forwarded article from timesunion.com
From: Dr Eberhard Lisse (el@lisse.NA)
Tue Sep 18 00:31:09 2007
To be honest? I think he was right in the first place.
Never mind that you were not there, so all these "observations" of
behavior are in fact rumors, and all these inflammatory embellishments
are unncessary.
The truly tragic aspect of the case is your view of it. Never mind that
these two children do not have a mother any more.
Priorities? Message vs Messenger?
greetings, el
on 9/17/07 11:54 PM Garry E. Siegel, M.D. said the following:
> Let's not castigate all attorneys, but his behavior in summoning his
> firm to stand guard was excessive, so it seems.
>
> This case is a huge tragedy, of course, but as Larry said, but it
> doesn't merit national attention. Unfortunately, a few women die in
> childbirth despite of (as opposed to because of) our efforts.
>
> Garry
>
> At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Lynn Montgomery wrote:
>> I am sure we all have seen or participated in cases with an equally
>> tragic outcome. This case brings to mind a case that occurred while I
>> was in fellowship in Houston in '95. The parents were both attorneys.
>> The patient was in labor with her third and the pregnancy had been
>> uneventful. My fellowship classmate was following her in labor - an
>> excellent and knowledgeable practitioner. At 8 cm, the patient looked
>> at the labor nurse and said that something was wrong. Immediately, she
>> had what appeared to be seizure activity, then asystole. The attending
>> physician immediately summoned assistance, CPR was started and she was
>> taken to the OR for delivery. She was briefly resuscitated, but died
>> shortly after in the ICU.
>>
>> The husband (an attorney), immediately left the room without mourning
>> the loss what-so-ever and summoned his entire law firm to the hospital.
>> He yelled that all the records needed to remain untouched and stationed
>> his partners at all the various stations where his wife had received
>> care, "to assure nothing is tampered with". He demanded an immediate
>> autopsy and refused to allow any pathologist who had any ties to the
>> hospital or academic program to participate in the post. The post
>> ultimately confirmed amniotic fluid embolus and nothing came of the
>> case.
>>
>> The truly tragic aspect of the case was that the other two children were
>> in the hospital and left unattended during the legal posturing being
>> orchestrated by their father, with nobody to comfort them during the
>> fray and console them on the loss of their mother.
>>
>> Priorities!
>> Lynn
