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Jail Neglects Woman Giving Birth
Most women who file for medical negligence due to a birth injury or other birthing problem bring their suit against a hospital or other medical professional. Imka Pope, however, brings her medical negligence suit against the King County Jail, which allowed Pope to give birth alone, on the jail floor, 14 years ago. According to SeattlePi.com, Pope suffers from schizoaffective disorder. During a psychotic episode when she was off her medication, Pope fell asleep on a Metro bus bench. Police arrested the nine-months-pregnant Pope for trespassing, and six days later, she gave birth. Documents show that only one person on staff in the jail noted that Pope appeared pregnant, and her lawyers state that officers and nurses made little effort to treat her schizoaffective disorder. Pope alleges that on the day she gave birth, she asked for help from the guards. However, guards decided that she was not in imminent…
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Court Clears Doctor of Negligence
After almost eight days of deliberation the jury in a complicated multimillion dollar lawsuit returned with the verdict that Dr. Sam Olupona is not to blame for complications in the birth of a little boy that led to severe brain injuries. The parents of the boy filed suit against the hospital, Dr. Olupona and two hospital nurses claiming that when the mother was in labor with twins the doctor and nurses failed to monitor the babies heart rates, and did not ensure that the mother had an epidural in case of an emergency cesarean section and failed to make sure that an operating room was ready in case it was needed. When a mother is carrying twins each of these things are considered to be routine, however it was found that Dr. Olupona did everything in his power to ensure a safe delivery of both babies and that the nurses…
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Judgment Against New York Hospital in Medical Malpractice Case
Strong Memorial Hospital in New York was recently ordered to pay $17 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The plaintiff claims that poor planning caused doctors to make costly mistakes while delivering her baby. During her c-section, doctors cut the connection between her bladder and transplanted pancreas, causing urine and pancreatic fluid to flow freely in her abdomen. The pancreatic fluid burned her organs, ate through her abdominal wall, and caused doctors to remove her pancreas. buy Find Me Guilty The Chumscrubber divx Liberty Stands Still psp Ricky Gervais Live: Animals full movie Angel and the Badman divx In God’s Hands move Strong Memorial Hospital officials say doctors did the best they could with what they knew at the time, and plan to appeal the jury’s decision. Memento buy Love in the Time of Cholera Weird Science dvdrip Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites trailer
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