it's common for doctors in private practice to have privileges at local hospitals to practice, see patients, perform procedures, surgeries, etc.

part of that doctor's service fee is paid to the hospital for this privilege.

I love that they are going with the "it's not the OB's fault and even if it were, they don't work for us." That guide is actually worse than if they just denied it was their fault. What they admitted is that they admitted a woman who was in labor and did not assign a doctor to her but instead let a random woman help deliver and decapitate the baby. That is a systemic issue and clearly the people managing the hospital should be named from operating any hospital ever again.

The lawsuit claims doctors “pulled on the baby’s head and neck so hard and manipulated them so hard, that the bones in the baby’s skull, head and neck were broken.”

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According to the medical examiner’s report, the baby’s death was caused by the “fracture-dislocation” of his upper cervical spine and spinal cord.

It most certainly does not.

Well that's the most traumatic thing I've read today.

The two are often used interchangeably by journalists, which is why the reminder is necessary.

According to the linked article (which is not a good article) it was internal decapitation, although another source says it was a complete separation.

Like I said, it's kind of barbaric, but it can be used as an intermediate measure if there's something like shoulder dystocia but the mother is against or hesitant about going to C-Section. These days, the episiotomy incision is made at a very specific angle so as to preserve function of the pelvic floor muscles, and it can also be used as an intervention or prophylaxis against perineal tearing which is more likely to damage the pelvic floor muscles and lead to complications.

At least asking the husband if he wants the doctor to "tighten her up a bit" by stitching the perineum up further than nomal has fallen out of fashion.

LOL, wait till you see your wife get cut in real time. Jesus. All I saw was a flash of steel.

"Uh, what was that? Oh hell no..."

I'm saying that they should have gone to C-Section or episiotomy long before it got to that point. This was already known to be a higher risk delivery, and the first sign of shoulder dystocia or other complication should have been the time to elevate the level of care....not several hours later.

No they are just trying to draw a definitive line between the two entities. Doctors private practice vs the hospital. Probably for legal reasons but mostly for PR reasons. You know so they can argue that there was nothing to indicate Dr. Bebe Decapitator would decapitate a baby prior to actually doing so and that the doctor was very much a really real doctor that knew medical stuff so please don't make us pay lotses of money for the doctor doing a naughty.

It's a way to make it sound like it wasn't their fault for hiring bad doctors

Gah, I should have concurred!

I don't think it was a lie, per se. Probably just a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

You spread misinformation

Good thing you checked your sources.