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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_j6p66y6 wrote
Can't file suit in CT without a report signed by a doctor of the speciality of the relevant standard of care, certifying the standard, the breach, and the causation. So that's been done.
There's obviously a disagreement, so they want to ask a jury.
Yum_Kaax t1_j6pfof4 wrote
> Can't file suit in CT without a report signed by a doctor of the speciality of the relevant standard of care, certifying the standard, the breach, and the causation. So that's been done.
I can't honestly find anything which backs your claim here. I did some googling and not seeing anything about the state requiring another doctor to sign-off on your lawsuit. Logically, that also seems counter-intuitive, as it's like requiring a police office to sign-off on your complaint to Internal Affairs.
So please provide a source to put this debate to rest. I don't think what you said is necessarily true.
-ctinsider OP t1_j6ouc4m wrote
An Oxford man whose wife died after giving birth at Danbury Hospital in 2020 has filed a lawsuit against the medical professionals that treated her in the final weeks of her pregnancy. He alleges that a chest X-ray she was referred for — and didn’t receive — five weeks prior would have revealed an undiagnosed 15 centimeter tumor that led to her death.
Lisa Sullivan delivered her baby via C-section on June 10, 2020, and began going downhill soon after, suffering cardiac arrest and brain damage from a lack of oxygen, according to the lawsuit. She died June 15, 2020, after which the tumor — a 15.5 centimeter large B-cell lymphoma — was found, the lawsuit states.
Yum_Kaax t1_j6oy9vk wrote
> The growth “would have been apparent on a standard chest X-ray” and measures to make the birth safer could have been put in place, according to the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.
Reads like the cause of death was a complication during childbirth, quite possibly something like a blood clot. If such was the case it sounds like a very careful review would be necessary to determine if it was caused by a complication of the childbirth (would have happened anyway) or the lymphoma. This is not yet clarified in the article and is very relevant. When people lose someone unexpectedly, they often look for medical mistakes. And it sounds like mistakes may have been made. What I am saying is that it's not clear if those mistakes lead to the untimely death. Because a blood clot can happen, be unrelated, and quite possibly unavoidable as well.