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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a reasonable amount of time to walk thru the front door in an emergency C-section situation and get paperwork, a doctor, a room for the surgery, and anesthesia?  Was the baby past the stage where the doctor could give her something to slow things down like when someone is going into pre-term labor?  I can't see awarding $55 million unless it is gross negligence on the part of the hospital.  I could see myself going with an award in a scenario where the hospital had all the info, was monitoring the baby, and chose to go with a vaginal birth instead of a c-section even though there was some medical piece of info that would make the c-section less risky for the baby.[/quote]

If you fly through the door of our hospital "needing" a C section, the fastest it could happen is in about 30 minutes, assuming the elevators are working, but considering they got the call from the ambulance, they could have got her to the OR less time. HOWEVER, and evaluation SHOULD take place. There have been stat C sections on women who are not even pregnant. No kidding, and for that you also get sued.[/quote]

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