A woman has sued a West Side hospital for medical malpractice after she claims that last year, doctors sterilized her without her permission.
The Cook County Circuit Court received the complaint in June against Mount Sinai Hospital in North Lawndale. According to the lawsuit, doctors performed the sterilizing operation immediately after the woman gave birth by emergency cesarean section in the spring of 2021. According to the lawsuit, neither did the woman verbally consent to the treatment nor sign any informed consent forms.
According to the lawsuit, doctors had already performed a tubal ligation on one of her fallopian tubes when they realized they were not permitted to operate on her. According to the lawsuit, doctors didn't check to see if she wanted the sterilization until one of her tubes had already been tied.
The procedure, according to the plaintiff's attorney, violated the fundamental principles of surgery. The plaintiff wants to expand her family but now worries that she won't be able to get pregnant, according to the plaintiff's attorney.
The lawyer continued by saying that the doctor simply carried out the procedure without planning or attempting to obtain consent, which is ridiculous from a professional standpoint. It's unexpected, which is especially upsetting for someone who just gave birth.
As soon as the plaintiff awoke following the procedure, doctors at Sinai notified her about the mishap. However, the hospital's insurance provider has so far refused to take the woman's case into account. A representative for Sinai declined to comment, citing ongoing legal proceedings.
The plaintiff has been unsuccessful in her endeavors to become pregnant and expand her family since the unnecessary procedure in May 2021. A tubal ligation can occasionally be undone, however, the process is risky and not always effective.
