Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Chinese mom's death at Garden Grove Hospital ruled negligence; family gets $5.2 million
The Orange County Register ^ | Nov. 3, 2015 | JENNA CHANDLER

Posted on 11/04/2015 6:00:49 AM PST by artichokegrower

A jury found a Garden Grove obstetrician negligent Monday in the death of a 26-year-old mother from China, finding he abandoned his patient in an intensive care unit after she had bled profusely.

Jurors awarded the woman's husband, Yuanda Hong, and their two young sons about $2 million in damages. Before the trial, Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center settled for $3.2 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 14thamendment; birthtourism
Come to the United States to have your anchor baby, something goes unfortunately wrong and jackpot!. One reason health care costs so much for we Americans is litigation. The doctors have to have malpractice insurance, the hospital has to have malpractice insurance and we health insurance purchasers pay for it.
1 posted on 11/04/2015 6:00:49 AM PST by artichokegrower
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

The lawyer gets 40% of the settlement.


2 posted on 11/04/2015 6:02:47 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

The baby that would have been forcefully aborted in China anyway.


3 posted on 11/04/2015 6:03:36 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

Most likely he took the case on a contingency, so if he’d lost, he’d be out whatever money he put into it. It was a risk, and it paid off.


4 posted on 11/04/2015 6:05:46 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

They should only be treated at Veteran hospitals.


5 posted on 11/04/2015 6:06:29 AM PST by huldah1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Having suffered similar complications in childbirth, that is one horrible way to die, feeling your extremities turn to ice as you bleed out

Gotta side with the family on this one


6 posted on 11/04/2015 6:06:57 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

So if the hospital settles for 3 million then the jury awards 2 million, why does the 3 million still get paid when they didn’t “settle” for it?


7 posted on 11/04/2015 6:08:21 AM PST by huldah1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Isn’t America a great country??!!

Free Federal Reserve printed dollars for everybody!


8 posted on 11/04/2015 6:08:44 AM PST by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: silverleaf

So if your wife was 9 months pregnant you would put her on an 18 hour plane ride, fly her to a foreign country, put her up in a motel far away from friends and family, set her up with a doctor she had never met before, have no established prenatal program with that doctor, go to a hospital she had never been in before where they don’t speak her language and something goes wrong. Yup definitely need to sue somebody.


9 posted on 11/04/2015 6:11:38 AM PST by artichokegrower
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: huldah1776

I think the damages were from 2 different sources. The hospital agreed to the $3 million without going to court.

The court proceedings awarded the $2 against the doctor, not the hospital.


10 posted on 11/04/2015 6:12:36 AM PST by NEMDF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: artichokegrower

Sued the dam doctor for going home and leaving that woman bleed to death with a balloon in her porous uterus?

Yep sure hope my husband would do so


11 posted on 11/04/2015 6:17:16 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: silverleaf

Did you read the article all the way thru?


12 posted on 11/04/2015 6:21:28 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: NEMDF

Ah, thank you!


13 posted on 11/04/2015 6:28:05 AM PST by huldah1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: huldah1776
So if the hospital settles for 3 million then the jury awards 2 million, why does the 3 million still get paid when they didn’t “settle” for it?

It was two defendants. The hospital settled and got out of the case for $3.2 million. The obstetrician was found guilty of negligence and the jury awarded $2 million.

14 posted on 11/04/2015 6:41:01 AM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: vbmoneyspender

Yes I did

Particular interest of mine since I suffered from medical malpractice and nearly died in childbirth

My comments and opinion are based on standard of care, not xenophobia about whether she should have been in that hospital

Doctor should have stayed or assigned her case to colleague on duty, not expected nurses to monitor such a critical situation

That is what the jury found


15 posted on 11/04/2015 7:17:07 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: silverleaf

You think it’s xenophobic to object to people from foreign countries having anchor babies here?


16 posted on 11/04/2015 7:25:20 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: vbmoneyspender

I think it’s xenophobic to be unconcerned or even satisfied that a woman died from malpractice because she was a Chinese national who came here seeking American medical care

This article is about medical malpractice as are my comments

You are focused on turning it into an illegal immigration debate
There are other threads for that


17 posted on 11/04/2015 7:32:00 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: silverleaf
You are focused on turning it into an illegal immigration debate

Where do you find that in my two posts - both of which involved questions to you.

Maybe you should tone down your emotions because you seem like a really over-emotional person.

18 posted on 11/04/2015 7:38:24 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson