Bizarre malpractice case where the Air Force was successfully sued. A midwife outranked a physician, but still called the shots:
Murphy said Air Force medical providers allowed military rank to interfere in the mother’s care.The judge determined that throughout the delivery, providers treated the midwife, who was a major, as if she were a physician. The judge says they deferred to her out of rank. The doctor was a captain.
Leading up to the delivery, there were indications that the baby’s heart rate wasn’t normal, but officials still deferred to the midwife.
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That’s quite possible the most insane thing I’ve read this week.
Granted it’s only Monday…
Do military midvives shout “Surge! Surge!” rather than “Push! Push!”?
How could a doctor who took an oath and did a residency alow a midwife to run a delivery, despite a medical opinion that the thing was going south.
You have got to be bleeping KIDDING me!
I’m sure the midwife who accused me of “raping” women wlll argue that the midwife was perfectly capable of running things.
Jeez louise, the inmates really are running the asylum.
Hopefully there’s a form of tort reform that will keep their insurer safe!
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