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SterilizationFrom: Dr. Ainsworth (ainsron@sbcglobal.net)Mon Feb 28 18:08:08 2005
I colleague of mine asked me a question that I wanted to pass on. She did a emergency cesarean section a year ago on a patient who had previously signed papers for sterilization. The papers weren't available in the hospital at the time of the surgery and she told the patient that could not do the tubal at that time. The patient appeared to understand, saw her postpartum and received two depo-provera injections for birth control. The patient saw another MD who did the tubal recently. My colleague recently received a letter from the patient's attorney demanding that she pay ~$4000 for the sterilization procedure because of the extra cost and inconvenience it had been to this patient. I told her to tell the attorney to stick it in his ear (actually it was another three letter orifice on the end of the alimentary tract) and do not see any liability she has in these circumstances. What do you think and what would you do??
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