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re: Nurse arrested in sexual assault of woman in vegetative state who gave birth

Posted on 1/23/19 at 2:17 pm to
Posted by georgia
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Posted on 1/23/19 at 2:17 pm to
without any prenatal care or nutrition and being on meds I can see this being possible, since we dont know the birth weight of the baby. The thing I question is what effects being bed ridden has on the menstrual cycle of a fertile female. Obviously if she's ovulating then there has to be some sort of period, but being bed ridden for that length of time has probably caused some pretty severe muscle atrophy, maybe enough to the point that she was just spotting instead of a full period? I dont understand why they werent tracking those, and if they were how they didnt get alarmed over the fact that she hadn't had one in nine months, even if there was no reason to suspect pregnancy they should have at least gotten her a consult with a gyno for the missed periods.
It's an incredibly horrible thing that he did this to her, but it also seems to shed some light on some patient neglect that was happening as well, which is probably why these individuals are jumping ship so quickly.

does leaving the company leave them more venerable to malpractice suits than they would have been had they stayed and been umbrella'd under the corporation, which will obviously being getting sued before its over?
Posted by 14&Counting
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Posted on 1/23/19 at 2:31 pm to
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does leaving the company leave them more venerable to malpractice suits than they would have been had they stayed and been umbrella'd under the corporation, which will obviously being getting sued before its over?


I am sure a corporate officer in that industry carries liability insurance as well as the facility/company. They get sued frequently in that business. I would think physicians carry insurance as well. The carriers will be ones paying out.

Of course, this is such an egregious case of malpractice and patient safety, the responsible parties may not survive it: The liability could bankrupt the company and force a merger and would think the docs. will face tough scrutiny from licensing authorities. Its going to be bad.
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