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New OB at my practice has been sanctioned

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I have been with my OB for my entire 1st pregnancy and twin pregnancy and am very happy and comfortable with both doctors in the practice. They have been announcing a new OB for months and I was hoping that I would deliver before she joined the team. She started last week and even though I really wanted to stick with the other 2 docs I agreed to have an appointment with her because if she is on call when I deliver I figured it would be better to have met her before. She seems okay, I saw her again today and was annoyed that she was chewing something when she came into the room. I thought it was unprofessional, please finish your snack before coming into the exam room...

So I googled her and came up with this

https://www.healthgrades.com/directory_search/physician/profiles/dr-md-reports/dr-stacy-dehal-md-4c5f95db/background-check

The physician reviewed fetal heart tracings which had been non-reassuring since the patient's arrival at labor and delivery prior to the physician arriving for duty. The physician ruptured the patient's membrances and notwithstanding the non-reassuring fetal heart rate, unfavorable cervix, and the presence of meconium, the physician allowed the patient to continue to labor for approximately two hours until she ordered a Cesearean section. The infant was subsequently diagnosed with a seizure disorder, cortical vision loss, and developmental delay attributed to oxygen deprivation during labor and delivery secondary to feto-maternal hemorrhage.

I am really disappointed that I have a 30% chance of delivering with her but I don't know what I can do. They are going to schedule an induction and I requested the other 2 docs but I will more than likely not make it to my induction date and it will be luck of the draw as to who is on call. As if it isn't nerve wracking enough to worry about delivering twins, now I am going to be stressing about this. Thanks for letting me vent. Sad

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Re: New OB at my practice has been sanctioned

  • UsedToBeGoldieUsedToBeGoldie member

    while it's not nice to read that about someone who might deliver your babies- I can assure you that MOST doctors have been sued at some point --- it states that there was just a reprimand- which makes me think that what she did was not so horrible.... and many docs might consider, standard practice- and things just happened to go badly.... which is often the case.

    I would talk to the head doc at the practice about your worries. He/She likely can assure you that what happened is not bad, etc - but was bad luck.... I know that I trust my head OB to only hire people that HE trusts- and considering how easy it is to get info on doctors- I can't imagine she was hired and the other docs did not know about this reprimand from that state.

     

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  • google123google123 member

    Yikes!  that's definitely not comforting.  You do whatever you feel like.  I probably wouldn't want to be seen by her myself.

     

    I just feel so sorry for the family and the baby.  It's just heartbreaking. :(  

     

     

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  • aBa_bunchesaBa_bunches member

    Since I was expecting twins, my doctor told me that if she was in town she would deliver my babies even if she wasn't actually on call.  She made a note in my file stating that the hospital staff should call her when I arrived at the hospital (if I didn't make it to my c-section date).

    Maybe this is something your doc would consider if you express your concerns to him/her. 

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  • shellshavintwinsshellshavintwins
    It is very common in L&D to push a woman to deliver vaginally rather then perform a c-section. My SIL's Ob went on vacation and another OB from the practice did not believe my SIL that she had a massive fibroid and it was understood that only a certain amount of labor was going to be allowed before they performed a C. My SIL ruptured because the OB did not listen to or believe her. My niece was born blue 20 mins later but was rescued and is OK. My SIL did lose her uterus and is suing. Doctors are human and mistakes do happen, especially when every time you perform an "emergency" c- section the medical community is questioning weather it was really necessary. I would ask that since you are high risk already if they would allow just the OB's you know well to be there for your delivery.
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  • amanda31Hamanda31H member

    imageshellshavintwins:
    It is very common in L&D to push a woman to deliver vaginally rather then perform a c-section. My SIL's Ob went on vacation and another OB from the practice did not believe my SIL that she had a massive fibroid and it was understood that only a certain amount of labor was going to be allowed before they performed a C. My SIL ruptured because the OB did not listen to or believe her. My niece was born blue 20 mins later but was rescued and is OK. My SIL did lose her uterus and is suing. Doctors are human and mistakes do happen, especially when every time you perform an "emergency" c- section the medical community is questioning weather it was really necessary. I would ask that since you are high risk already if they would allow just the OB's you know well to be there for your delivery.

    All this.

    Shell - how awful for your SIL.  I can't imagine....

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