Smitty – no absolute test that I know about – however – red haired people are especially difficult anesthesia patients and there ay be some connection as the majority of the cases in which I was involved (after the fact as the claims guy) involved red haired folks.
And yes, life is a crap shoot but, as with craps, you can improve your chances by learning the rules and playing the odds. By which I mean, pay attention to your health and do not stress the system unduly (avoid toxins such as alcohol, tobacco and watch your weight). In my experience (age 73) laughter really is the best medicine.
A horrible tragedy. The parents are more at fault for allowing their teenage daughter to have unnecessary surgery than the doctors were. Some people can’t accept responsibility for their own bad decisions.
What I find appaling is the fact that EVERY time something goes wrong, the first reaction is to sue the doctors. Now both doctors will have this groundless suit on their med mal insurance records regardless of the fact they were neither negligent nor liable. Even if a doctor were to make a mistake, that shouldn’t translate into malpractice. Who else on the planet is held to a 100% perfect standard? Nobody. Follow the money. If you don’t know where it is, there’s always a sleaze bag attorney who will point the way.
I would feel horrible if it happened to my child, but I would not try to blame innocent people for something that was genetic. The article states it has been two years since the death. I know you can never get over the death of a child, but you can try to live the rest of your life remembering the times you had, or supporting a worthy cause in memory of your child. If these parents are exhausted, it is because they will not let their daughter rest in peace. Not because other people won’t let it go. They are doing this to themselves now.
Inverted nipple(s) and asymmetrical breasts are perfectly normal and natural, and do not require “repair”. If they were GROSSLY asymmetrical I’m sure that would have been pointed out.
Sounds like the “deviated septum” diagnosis to justify, or rationalize the vanity of a nose job…or maybe for insurance benefits??
Mom and Pop would get 100x the publicity for their alleged cause if they refused any settlement, and instead asked the local health reporter(s) to air a show educating people about MH. Oprah would have had them on just for the oddity of an honest champion for a cause, and not another money grubbing _itch and _astard trying to cash in on their Daughters death caused by them allowing an unnecessary elective surgery.
You know why we seem not to have empathy for the parents? Because the doctors were found not negligent, so the parents just come off as “daughter is death, its payday”.
If the doctors were not negligent, they should not have to pay. Sorry, life isn’t always fair, and bad stuff happens to good people. Put yourself in the doctors’ position for a moment. Let’s say you do your job correctly, you didn’t do anything wrong, yet for some reason that is out fo your control, your company loses $250,000. They point the finger at you because you happened to be working on the product that caused them to lose that money. Is it right for them to dock your pay or even fire you even though it was not your fault that the company lost $250k? No. So why should it be any different for these doctors? They operated on this girl, and due to no fault of their own, she dies on their table. Sorry, no pay day for the parents because “life isn’t fair”
Did you ever stop to think that had she been willing to live as God made her, she would still be alive. Why is it that everyone wants to change themselves?
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Smitty – no absolute test that I know about – however – red haired people are especially difficult anesthesia patients and there ay be some connection as the majority of the cases in which I was involved (after the fact as the claims guy) involved red haired folks.
And yes, life is a crap shoot but, as with craps, you can improve your chances by learning the rules and playing the odds. By which I mean, pay attention to your health and do not stress the system unduly (avoid toxins such as alcohol, tobacco and watch your weight). In my experience (age 73) laughter really is the best medicine.
A horrible tragedy. The parents are more at fault for allowing their teenage daughter to have unnecessary surgery than the doctors were. Some people can’t accept responsibility for their own bad decisions.
What I find appaling is the fact that EVERY time something goes wrong, the first reaction is to sue the doctors. Now both doctors will have this groundless suit on their med mal insurance records regardless of the fact they were neither negligent nor liable. Even if a doctor were to make a mistake, that shouldn’t translate into malpractice. Who else on the planet is held to a 100% perfect standard? Nobody. Follow the money. If you don’t know where it is, there’s always a sleaze bag attorney who will point the way.
I think the reporter quoted two emotionally drained parents who are frustrated with the circumstances of their daughter’s death to write this story.
On one of my more idiotic days I might agree with some of the comments posted here but as a parent I cannot.
How would you feel if this happened to your child?
I would feel horrible if it happened to my child, but I would not try to blame innocent people for something that was genetic. The article states it has been two years since the death. I know you can never get over the death of a child, but you can try to live the rest of your life remembering the times you had, or supporting a worthy cause in memory of your child. If these parents are exhausted, it is because they will not let their daughter rest in peace. Not because other people won’t let it go. They are doing this to themselves now.
Inverted nipple(s) and asymmetrical breasts are perfectly normal and natural, and do not require “repair”. If they were GROSSLY asymmetrical I’m sure that would have been pointed out.
Sounds like the “deviated septum” diagnosis to justify, or rationalize the vanity of a nose job…or maybe for insurance benefits??
Mom and Pop would get 100x the publicity for their alleged cause if they refused any settlement, and instead asked the local health reporter(s) to air a show educating people about MH. Oprah would have had them on just for the oddity of an honest champion for a cause, and not another money grubbing _itch and _astard trying to cash in on their Daughters death caused by them allowing an unnecessary elective surgery.
You know why we seem not to have empathy for the parents? Because the doctors were found not negligent, so the parents just come off as “daughter is death, its payday”.
If the doctors were not negligent, they should not have to pay. Sorry, life isn’t always fair, and bad stuff happens to good people. Put yourself in the doctors’ position for a moment. Let’s say you do your job correctly, you didn’t do anything wrong, yet for some reason that is out fo your control, your company loses $250,000. They point the finger at you because you happened to be working on the product that caused them to lose that money. Is it right for them to dock your pay or even fire you even though it was not your fault that the company lost $250k? No. So why should it be any different for these doctors? They operated on this girl, and due to no fault of their own, she dies on their table. Sorry, no pay day for the parents because “life isn’t fair”
What does ‘Cheerleader’ have to do with this story?
Another stupid headline by the Insurance Journal!!!
Here is the link to the story talking about Stephanie Kuleba, a cheerleader: http://bit.ly/aVf55k
Did you ever stop to think that had she been willing to live as God made her, she would still be alive. Why is it that everyone wants to change themselves?