Re: Hospital is a safe place to give birth...
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Mon Jan 23 15:36:06 2006
And her lawyer will find an expert who will testify that "there is no
doubt whatsoever that her GABS was hospital acquired - period" - and the
jury or judge will probably believe him - and -- "they are insured -
someone will have to pay" ... that's the way it is - that's the way it
will be..
Ef
>At Mon, 23 Jan 2006, doctorjoe@aol.com wrote:
>
> But it seems you're assuming that the GABS was contracted DURING delivery. That's not necessarily so in the community. She could be a carrier.
>
>Joe P.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jamie <ajfields@pine-net.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:15:05 -0600
>Subject: Re: Hospital is a safe place to give birth...
>
>I didn't say impossible, I said unlikely. The risk of exposure would
>increase with the number of the "community" you are exposed to, and a
>hospital birth exposes you to more people-and a higher percentage of
>sick people-than a home birth.
>
>At Mon, 23 Jan 2006, doctorjoe@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> I disagree.
>>
>>Group A strep, the cause of "strep throat," is commonly found in the community.
>You can't claim that it was hospital acquired a priori.
>>
>>Joe P.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jamie <ajfields@pine-net.com>
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:28:58 -0600
>>Subject: Re: Hospital is a safe place to give birth...
>>
>>It's probably unlikely that she would pick up strep A in a homebirth,
>>but nec fasc isn't so common as to make that a valid reason for changing
>>venue. I support homebirth, but the hospital risks I'm concerned with
>>are less spectacular. I also think scare tactics about leaving the
>>hospital an amputee tend to keep "us" on the fringe
>>
>>At Mon, 23 Jan 2006, RModugno@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>In a message dated 1/23/2006 3:18:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>GA12L@aol.com writes:
>>>
>>>I defy you to say you'd be any different if it happened to your wife,
>>>daughter, sister, mother or any loved one for that matter, doesn't have to be
>>>female
>>>
>>>I will defy you - bad things happen - this is sensationalistic journalism
>>>and you are responding to it.- the hospital is bound by law to protect the
>>>medical information of other patients. Once again - you do not know the
>>"facts"
>>>of the case. Group A streptococcal disease is bad and can occur after normal
>>>vaginal birth. Anna may be correct about the hospital being scared - but we
>>>don't "know" that. This is all speculation. A bad outcome does not mean there
>>>was negligence.Have you ever seen a case of "flesh-eating' disease?
>>>(necrotizing fasciitis)
>>>
>>>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>>>Marietta, GA
>>
>>--
>>JFields, RN, BSN
>>
>--
>JFields, RN, BSN
>
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