Comments on: A baby’s remains is lost, the OB is sued http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72996 Anonymous Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72996 Was the OB in charge of helping your ankle off the curb?<br/><br/>How does the patient know who has responsibility for the body? I doubt anyone at the hospital is volunteering that info. Was the OB in charge of helping your ankle off the curb?

How does the patient know who has responsibility for the body? I doubt anyone at the hospital is volunteering that info.

]]> By: Happymanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72993 Happyman Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72993 "Happyman must not have any children...since he is happyMAN, he will never carry a child inside him to even have an idea of what losing one is like"<br/><br/>to anon 7:41-<br/><br/>1-i do in fact have 3 kids, and almost lost one in a preterm emergent c-section; and my wife did miscarry once<br/><br/>2-i have never been sued, and as far as i know, i'm extremely well-liked by my patients & colleagues<br/><br/>3-by your logic, why not award her like $50 million in damages???<br/><br/>4-i twisted my ankle this morning - can you give me that ob's name & number so i can sue & collect? “Happyman must not have any children…since he is happyMAN, he will never carry a child inside him to even have an idea of what losing one is like”

to anon 7:41-

1-i do in fact have 3 kids, and almost lost one in a preterm emergent c-section; and my wife did miscarry once

2-i have never been sued, and as far as i know, i’m extremely well-liked by my patients & colleagues

3-by your logic, why not award her like $50 million in damages???

4-i twisted my ankle this morning – can you give me that ob’s name & number so i can sue & collect?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72991 Anonymous Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72991 So what's this have to do with sueing the OB? So what’s this have to do with sueing the OB?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72990 Anonymous Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72990 Happyman must not have any children or he is so blinded by lawsuit phobia that he no longetr sees reality. Of course, since he is happyMAN, he will never carry a child inside him to even have an idea of what losing one is like. Happyman must not have any children or he is so blinded by lawsuit phobia that he no longetr sees reality. Of course, since he is happyMAN, he will never carry a child inside him to even have an idea of what losing one is like.

]]> By: Labor Nursehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72983 Labor Nurse Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72983 Happyman, hospitals that I have worked in always inform parents where the remains are sent or they must sign a release form authorizing what the hospital does with the POC's or dead fetus. The hospital I currently work at also gives the option of sending the remains (16 week gestation and up) to a local funeral home that has a great support system for parents that lost a pregnancy. And in my experience, most do question what happens to the remains. Happyman, hospitals that I have worked in always inform parents where the remains are sent or they must sign a release form authorizing what the hospital does with the POC’s or dead fetus. The hospital I currently work at also gives the option of sending the remains (16 week gestation and up) to a local funeral home that has a great support system for parents that lost a pregnancy. And in my experience, most do question what happens to the remains.

]]> By: Happymanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72967 Happyman Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72967 and there are undoubtedly lots of people who would sell their already-deceased 18-week fetus for a lot less than that.<br/><br/>how many parents who deliver stillborns, preterm or not, do not even inquire about the disposition of the remains? that'd be an interesting question for a hospital, i think. and there are undoubtedly lots of people who would sell their already-deceased 18-week fetus for a lot less than that.

how many parents who deliver stillborns, preterm or not, do not even inquire about the disposition of the remains? that’d be an interesting question for a hospital, i think.

]]> By: Greg Phttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72966 Greg P Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72966 In this interesting world we live in, there are people who would sell their living children for considerably less than that. In this interesting world we live in, there are people who would sell their living children for considerably less than that.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72954 Anonymous Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72954 Yeah, what a windfall - the remains of her child are lost! She really won big there. Yeah, what a windfall – the remains of her child are lost! She really won big there.

]]> By: Happymanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72952 Happyman Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72952 the bill would undoubtedly go to medicaid since the services in question were provided when she didn't have means.<br/><br/>when i take service call at a ny hospital, i get $7.50 per hospital day for caring for a medicaid patient. the bill would undoubtedly go to medicaid since the services in question were provided when she didn’t have means.

when i take service call at a ny hospital, i get $7.50 per hospital day for caring for a medicaid patient.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/babys-remains-is-lost-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72949 Anonymous Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/a-babys-remains-is-lost-the-ob-is-sued.html#comment-72949 And some wonder why there are places that cannot hire obstetricians. This is an outrageous finding by the jury. I hope this indigent woman is presented with a bill for her care now that she has the means to pay. And some wonder why there are places that cannot hire obstetricians. This is an outrageous finding by the jury. I hope this indigent woman is presented with a bill for her care now that she has the means to pay.

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