Re: Fw: List
From: ainsron@msn.com
Fri Oct 27 15:56:54 2000
I don't know about Rick, but it has happened to me. When lawyers "aim"
their lawsuit, it resembles a shotgun, not a target rifle. Before I
left the USAF 19 years ago, I was joining a practice across the country.
The OB I was joining had built a new office and placed my name on the
door, prior to my arrival. A patient who delivered a month before I
arrived named me in a suit involving this obstetrician. I was
eventually dismissed, but it took over a year. Even though you know
there is no merit, it still bothers you and consumes your time until it
is gone.
>Rick,
>Has this actually happened to you, or someone you know?
>
>--
>Paula
>
>> >
>> > When they come into the ER after the trial of labor has lasted 48 hours
>or
>> > longer, Mom is septic, the fetal heart rate is non-reassuring, and there
>> is
>> > a poor outcome, why does the lawsuit always include the OB on call as
>the
>> > major defendant?
>> >
>> > Rick
>> >
>> > Richard Chudacoff, MD
>> > Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
>> >
>> > 15200 Southwest Freeway, #270
>> > Sugar Land, TX 77478
>> > Tel: 281-277-3900
>> > Fax: 281-277-3901
>> >
>> > rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com
>> > Richard.Chudacoff@obgyn.net
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of ginny
>lee
>> > BSN, GNM
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:48 AM
>> > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>> > Subject: Re: List
>> >
>> > >>Home birth is like going back 100 years.
>> >
>> > >I agree with that statement - I am no *against* home delivery - a woman
>> > >can choose anything she wants -- that's her right -- but can't swallow
>> > >the assertion that it is safer than a hospital setting --
>> >
>> > I think women who choose to give birth at home do not view the birth
>> > process as an accident waiting to happen....We are confronted with
>> > *safety* issues on a daily basis---if we all really wanted to be *safe*
>> > then nobody would ever leave their house :) Home birth with a qualified
>> > provider has an excellent record for moms and babies---some of the
>> > listers have provided references to this effect. How about the woman
>> > who chooses to give birth at the hospital and then takes her kid home
>> > without a car seat..we've had many try believe me...My point is that you
>> > cannot control for every variable, hospital or not. Sometimes we just
>> > have to agree to disagree.
>> >
>> > aloha
>> > ginny
>> >
>>
--
Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD
