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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a more detailed article:

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/Jury-awards-family-55M-in-medical-malpractice-suit-against-Hopkins/-/10131532/15277958/-/98elrgz/-/index.html

The disability is severe brain damage (2 yo similar to a 4 mo). According to the article (the family, not Hopkins) an emergency surgery was ordered, but took 2 hours. I agree with the PP above that it was probably a combination of 1) all surgery rooms were filled with either scheduled or emergencies and 2) needing to take stats and prep the woman.

Frankly, a woman in birth **is not** the most pressing emergency. In Baltimore, plenty of near-fatal gun shot wounds come in every night. Some worse than others. Her life was not at risk and in theory she would not have been the top triage. On a bad night it may have taken 2 hours to get her into an emergency surgery room.[/quote]a woman in labor needing a c section is in a life threatening condition. 
Are you sure they did not want her to wait her turn and stand in line?[/quote]

I'm the above poster with the surgeon DH. You are not going to cut open a women without getting the pertinent information.

From the details, it sounds like the midwife was at fault here but JHU has to pay for it. The case will be repealed.[/quote]

A surgeon also isn't just going to ignore a laboring woman, an emergency home birth transfer, and perhaps fetal distress. Define pertinent info. What is that, dilation, time at that point, what has the fetus's heart been doing between contractions, etc. Seems that if there's an OR available that it shouldn't take all that terribly long.[/quote]

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