WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR DOCTOR OR A NURSE SEXUALLY ASSAULTS YOU?

The unthinkable happens more often than many people realize. As a firm, we have handled several of these cases over the years. The scenarios are always shocking: Psychiatrist rapes an adolescent female who is undergoing treatment for an eating disorder. Psychiatrist violated clinic policy by doing a pelvic exam unaccompanied by a nurse or chaperone. Another scenario: We recently handled a case involving a phlebotomist who raped our client while she was recovering from abdominal surgery. “If you tell anyone what just happened, I will kill your children.” Another case we recently settled: A woman in her mid-40s had treatment for pancreatitis in a local hospital and was raped by a nurse who managed to wait until the patient was alone to attack her. How do hospitals defend these cases? There are common defense themes. First, the hospital will claim that it did a thorough internal investigation of the matter and concluded that the report of the rape was…

Read more detail on Recent Medical Malpractice posts –

This entry was posted in Medical malpractice law and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply