Newborn’s Decapitation at Birth Prompts Malpractice Lawsuit A Missouri couple filed a lawsuit Sept. 28 against four defendants for a birth gone horribly wrong. The New York Daily News reports Friday that Arteisha Betts and Travis Ammonette of Florissant, Mo., claim their newborn son, Kaden Travis Ammonette, died while in the birth canal. The baby's head was allegedly decapitated from its neck when the doctor tried pulling the baby out of the birth canal. * The media report claims court documents reveal Dr. Susan Moore told the couple in February 2011 their baby would have to be born with a Caesarian section because his abdomen was too large. The delivering doctor allegedly refused to perform a Caesarian and instead chose for a vaginal birth. The attending doctor, Gilbert Webb, then supposedly did not allow the couple to go to another hospital. * Courthouse News Service states Betts and Ammonette went to St. John's Mercy Hospital on March 22, 2011, when the mother started having contractions. She was 28 weeks and five days into her pregnancy. * The lawsuit alleges Kaden's head came out normally, but the abdomen got stuck in the birth canal. The doctor then allegedly tried traction on the baby's head and then the head became separated from the cervical spine. * The story gets worse. At the point, the plaintiffs say blood from the baby's neck splattered into the labor and delivery room in plain sight of the mother and father. The couple then claims the doctor did the unthinkable --Webb supposedly pushed the baby back into the uterus and ordered an emergency Caesarian section. * To make matters even more disgusting, the couple claims Webb then started performing the emergency procedure on the mother before she was sedated. This caused Betts "significant physical pain and suffering," according to Courthouse News Service's reading of the complaint. * The New York Daily News article shows a picture of Betts' tattoo she received after the baby's death. The newborn's hand prints are inscribed in Betts' left shoulder with the date "3-22-11." The article states the defendants refused to comment for the story. * TruTV reveals Betts, 21, and Ammonnette, 20, conceived a child via in-vitro fertilization. Midwest Maternal & Fetal Medicine specializes in complicated pregnancies. Both doctors, Moore and Webb, work for the clinic. * A search of Missouri Case Net records reveals Betts and Ammonette are represented by Brian Patrick Millikan of Millikan Wright, LLC. The attorney once served as a police officer for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department before opening his own law firm in 2006. Millikan specializes in personal injury, criminal, traffic and DWI cases. * Four defendants are listed in the case. Midwest Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Signature Medical Group, Webb and Moore are being sued for unspecified damages in a wrongful death and medical negligence lawsuit. * The statute of limitations for medical negligence cases is two years in Missouri. That time would have expired in March 2013. http://news.yahoo.com/newborn-decapitation-birth-prompts-malpractice-lawsuit-191400728.html
Medical negligence will eventually be the leading cause of death in America. That's what happens when people in certain professions come to think they are some sort of god. Medical Malpractice... By the Numbers 65,000 to 200,000 The minimum annual number of deaths due to medical accidents, according to hospital records. For comparison: The annual total of all other causes of accidental death is 98,000, of which 46,000 are from auto crashes and 11,000 are from workplace accidents. 25,000 to 120,000 The minimum number of the above deaths due to negligence. That is, deaths caused by medical malpractice each year. 0.8% to 1% The percentage of hospital patients who become victims of malpractice. 2.9% The percentage of victims of malpractice, as reflected in medical records, who file claims. 4:1 The ratio of injuries and deaths caused by malpractice in hospitals to that reflected in medical records. (In other words, many errors go unrecorded.) This means that the number of malpractice deaths and injuries is probably about four times that reflected in the numbers above. 4.8% The percentage of physicians responsible for half of the malpractice claims filed in the U.S. Just 1.7% of physicians were responsible for 27.5% of all malpractice awards. 5% The percentage of patients who are victims of malpractice who receive some payment through a negotiated settlement of the claim 1/3 of 1% The percentage of patients who are victims of malpractice whose cases go to trial. 1/10 of 1% The percentage of patients who are victims of malpractice who win a trial verdict in their favor. 70% The percentage of malpractice awards reduced by the court. 1:4 The ratio of total malpractice premiums to total economic losses suffered by victims of malpractice. In other words: Doctors and hospitals avoid paying 80% of the economic harm their errors inflict on patients and their families. http://centerjd.org/cjrg/Numbers.pdf http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php http://www.harrell-nowak.com/blog/2...s-die-each-year-from-medical-negligence-79031
This is why they are handing out C-sections like candy at Halloween. 34 minutes in and out of a sterile environment without a chance to have a malpractice suit. Bang, the doctor gets $3600. One of the 10 procedures to think twice about during pegnancy: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/05/what-to-reject-when-you-re-expecting/index.htm http://www.fitpregnancy.com/labor-delivery/labor-delivery/why-you-dont-want-c-section http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/c-sections-don’t-trigger-key-protein-in-brain/
Especially when Republicans want to institute Tort "reform" (really means they want to put a cap on how much you can sue for) for the entire nation. Don't you guys know that we are informed? Tort "reform" has been in TX for years! How's healthcare in TX? 25% uninsured. Shameful.
A true story. I have a friend who's a lawyer. My wife was in the hospital a few years back and I got to know her doctor very well. He's a renowned professor of neurology and runs one of the most state of the art labs in the country. I asked him if he knew my friend the lawyer, and he said "if he sued me, I probably met him." Also, this is interesting: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/...le-of-6-billion-health-care-building-boom.ece
No surprise there. Healthcare is a great investment for the 1%ers right now. All the boomers are gonna need it and it's got an enormous profit margin for all involved. Any time you invest in something people need to stay alive you're going to be able to profit at criminal proportions. Bend's medical community never missed a beat during the last 10 years, no effect at all on it during this recession.
Foolish statement.... Don't equate Emergency trips as healthcare. Especially when they drive up the price for those that have insurance.
What does this have to do with for profit insurance companies? Not a damn thing. See the truth of the matter is that we don't need them. And healthcare never used to be for profit until Nixon and Kaiser created their HMOs. We see where that got us.
The 1 in 6 for profit hospitals aren't the problem with health care prices. Why do you think it is that the insurance companies can offer life insurance for a fraction of the price of health insurance, pay bigger claims than for brain surgery, and all that knowing that everyone dies (not everyone needs brain surgery)? And you don't have to go to an emergency room to get health care if you don't have insurance. Any doctor or clinic will see you for a fraction of the cost of a month's insurance premium.
It's not a panacea, but nothing should be off the table. I suggest it's govt. interference in the market. They aren't so interested in life insurance, so the market there is realistically priced.
"Non-profit" is legal-speak for tax dodge. Nothing more. Same absurd wages, same absurd profit for the owner. Just don't pay taxes.
