Re: Woman Claims Doctor Branded Her Uterus
From: Alexia, Med Student (gymnalix@aol.com)
Thu Feb 6 20:07:13 2003
Hello:
I guess this is a touchy subject for some. I thank you, though, for the
welcome, and hope that I can broaden my knowledge on what's happening in
the world of obstetrics and gynecology. I want to be the best-read
third year when I am on my OB/GYN rotation! (Yeah, I'm a bit of a nerd
like that!) One of my "Infectious Diseases" professors recommended that
I visit this site. Obstetrics is amazing to me, and I've wanted to be
involved with women's health and labor/delivery since junior high. I
think it's a fabulous tool that women can use to enrich their knowledge
of their bodies, and a great way for them to ask questions they may be
too embarrassed to ask their own physician. Not to mention that it's a
cool tool for nosy, overzealous med students like myself to learn from.
:)
Thanks, everyone, and I look forward to visiting the site.
Alexia
2nd year med student, Cornell
Oh-- and by the way: I'll graduate from med school when I'm 24 and will
have incurred about $85,000 in debt. No country club or Porsches for me
for a WHILE. :)
At Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote:
>
>I graduated from medical school in 1982.
>
>I am also in debt like Alexia, and don't belong to a country club. I do
>not have a Porsche, but I wouldn't mind one.
>
>That said, I have a nifty 2001 M5 in the garage, and it is way cool :).
>
>Garry
>
>At Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
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>>El,
>>
>>Shame on you! How could you be so impolite to a second-year med student
>>who is just expressing her opinion? Gosh, she might get the wrong
>>impression of OBGyn's and decide to go into family practice.
>>
>>Alexia, unless I am mistaken, that was your first posting to the list.
>>Welcome and don't be put off. Not everyone here is as rude as Dr.
>>Lisse. We value everyone's opinion, including med students.
>>
>>El, keep in mind that, as an American medical student, Alexia most
>>likely does not own a Porsche or a country club membership, and is quite
>>likely to be at least $50-$100 thousand in debt already with 2.5 more
>>years of school yet to go. Be nice.
>>
>>--
>> Anna Meenan, MD, FAAFP
>>
>>At Thu, 06 Feb 2003, Dr Eberhard W. Lisse wrote:
>>>
>>>Alexia,
>>>
>>>with all due respect, "Grow Up!"
>>>
>>>What people will do for money...
>>>
>>>BZW, Unless he can come with a stack of tapes showing that he does
>>>this EVERY time, he deserves to be struck of the register, for good,
>>>and should part with every penny his insurance has, because then this
>>>is not only the grossest disgraceful conduct I have ever heard of, he
>>>is also lying in his defence. And that, as far as I know, is only
>>>allowed by German law :-)-O
>>>
>>>To be very clear, if he had sent us a tape like this after a
>>>hysterectomy on my wife, I can tell you we would have sued as well and
>>>for gazillions, and my laywer (former Attorney General) would have
>>>sent a bailiff round for the keys of his Porsche and the Country Club
>>>membership card (I am serious).
>>>
>>>I am not a laywer, but our consent form specifies "any additional
>>>procedure that may be deemed necessary during the operation" and for
>>>the life of me I can not figure out, why on earth someone would find
>>>it necessary to mark a uterus, let alone with initials. Nevermind the
>>>gall to send a tape of this to the patient.
>>>
>>>Again, under the caveat, that he can't prove that he does this EVERY
>>>time.
>>>
>>>greetings, el
>>>
>>>--
>>>Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ * / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar)
>>><el@lisse.NA> el108 / | Oshakati State Hospital
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>>>Oshakati, Namibia ;____/ Managing Member, NA-NiC (cc)
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>>>In message <200302061754.h16Hs4428258@mail.medispecialty.com>, Alexia, Med Stud
>>>ent writes:
>>>
>>>> About whether or not I would go to court if this happened to me: No,
>>>> probably not. I would be angry and I would feel a that my body
>>>> wasn't being respected, but I would not sue. I think you guys are
>>>> right-- People look to make a quick dollar by claiming emotional
>>>> damage. Although I think this dr. was a bit immature and made a
>>>> bad decision, I don't think he deserves to pay for it by spending
>>>> the next three years of his life giving depositions. An apology and
>>>> a simple and sincere "I have learned from my mistake and it will NOT
>>>> happen again" would be suffient for me.
>>>
>>>> -Alexia Bradford 2nd year med student, Cornell
>>>
>--
>Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
>Private Practice
>Roswell, GA
>
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