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A malpractice victim's story
After reading William R. Brody's column regarding medical malpractice ("Medical justice myths impeding health care," Other Views, Nov. 19), I think the public should know the real story from a victim, a perspective that is rarely considered and often misrepresented.See the full content of this document
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For the past 26 years I have lived with cerebral palsy because my mother's obstetrician knew I was a breech delivery and didn't perform a Caesarian section, which then, as today, was the proper medical protocol. Instead, he allowed labor to progress and I was born feet first, causing the umbilical cord to compress against my mother's cervix, thereby restricting oxygen and blood to my brain.
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