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Re: Being in the wrong place... From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Tue Feb 13 07:34:53 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "GEN: Bill of Rights?" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: VBAC, immediate availabilty and change in hospital policy" In reply to: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Being in the wrong place..." Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Being in the wrong place..." my wife's OB was burned tho ultimately turned out ok - asked to help in a bad shoulder dystocia - baby developed an erb's and the usual serve everyone including the hospital porters was the rule of the day. he fought the suit all the way and the jury ultimately was quite sympathetic based on the "Good Samaritan" line of reasoning. however, was of course time consuming and emotionally draining. "These are the times that try mens' souls." Thomas Paine art At Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Geffrey Klein, MD wrote: > >At 10:48 PM -0600 on 2/11/01, D. Ashley Hill, MD wrote: > >>Joe- Even though the hospital has the deepest pockets, the lawyer will >>always sue the obstetrician, even in cases where an OB was minding his >>or her own business and was called "stat" by another OB to help with a >>uterine rupture. With the advent of the national data base, taking >>in-house call opens you up to tremendous liability because you have a >>lot of opportunities during the year to become involved in a "bad >>outcome" during your call rotation, even if it's not your patient. It >>is not enough for a hospital to tell me "don't worry about it, we pay >>for your malpractice insurance" when my ability to practice medicine and >>obtain hospital privileges somewhere else depends on how many times I >>might end up in the data base. It's a mess. >> >This brings up an interesting question.. > >We have all been there.. You are in house taking care of your own >patient and are asked to take care of an emergency on another doc's >patient because they are not there.. > >IMHO, you are morally obligated to render aid, but it nonetheless >opens to up to significant liability.. In fact the more compulsive >you are about caring for your own patients, the more often you put >yourself in that precarious situation.. > >Has anyone been burned like this? I have not yet, but I feel it is a >matter of time.. > >-- >_______________________ >Geffrey H. Klein, MD >_______________________ >_______________________ >geffrey.klein@obgyn.net >200 Medical Center Blvd Suite 103 >Webster, TX 77598 >(281) 332 6723 > >http://www.geffreyklein.com > -- art fougner, md A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote. Next message: art fougner, md: "GEN: Bill of Rights?" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: VBAC, immediate availabilty and change in hospital policy" In reply to: Geffrey Klein, MD: "Being in the wrong place..." Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Being in the wrong place..."

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