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Tuesday, November 30, 2004He delivered a baby vaginally because there were no indications that a C-section was necessary. But, towards the end of the delivery, the baby's shoulder got stuck in the vaginal canal. This unpredictable complication turns a routine delivery into an extremely difficult one. If it weren't for things like this, anyone could deliver babies for a living. In fact, it's because of complications like this that most of us are glad to have skilled obstetricians around to deliver our babies. Sometimes, during the process of delivery, the nerves passing through the babies shoulder get damaged, resulting in paralysis of the arm. This is what happened to Dr. Kearney, the obstetrician in the article. He successfully delivered the baby, but it had a paralyzed arm, and for that he had to pay. (Plus, he let a moment of sympathy get the better of him and said something to the mother that she took as an apology.) The irony is, that if things were allowed to proceed on their own, with no intervention by the doctor, the results would likely be fatal for both mother and child. To give you an idea of just how popular this sort of complication is with lawyers, here's an online catalog that specializes in trial audiovisuals for shoulder dystocia. posted by Sydney on 11/30/2004 06:47:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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