The story may be apocryphal, but it makes a point. Years ago, when the medical community began to advocate "natural" childbirth, a comedienne quipped that she would rather have "natural" tooth extraction. Perhaps it was an Ohio woman who said that all the breathing exercises expectant mothers learned were not to manage their own pain but to manage the nurses' pain -- if these mothers-to-be were breathing and not screaming, an OB nurse's day was a whole lot easier.
Wrong-site radiation case settled by Univ. of Toledo
The Ohio Court of Claims has approved the settlement agreement reached by the parties in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The plaintiff contended that doctors employed by the University of Toledo Medical Center had applied radiation to the wrong sites, resulting in "severe burns and substantial disfigurement." The Court of Claims hears all cases against the state and its agencies, and UTMC is a state-run facility.
