Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawyer BlogA recent class action lawsuit filed last week against a Baltimore hospital highlights the growing concerns surrounding cybersecurity and employee privacy in healthcare settings. According to a report by The Baltimore Banner, Dr. Matthew Bathula, a pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center allegedly installed spyware on hospital computer systems, enabling him to access webcams and secretly watch female doctors and medical residents during intimate and private moments. These moments reportedly included undressing, pumping breast milk, and even being intimate with their partners in what they believed were secure, private settings.
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Wrongful Birth Cases
A wrongful birth medical malpractice case alleges that a heath care provider such as a doctor (such as an OBGYN or radiologist), hospital or laboratory was negligent by failing to properly inform a pregnant mother that her fetus had some serious medical condition, so that the mother would have had an opportunity to terminate the pregnancy.
Pennsylvania Jury Awards $14.5 Million to Child Born With Cerebral Palsy
A jury in a medical malpractice case tried in federal court has awarded $14.5 million to a young boy who suffered catastrophic injuries, including cerebral palsy, during birth. The lawsuit alleged that the healthcare providers involved negligently guided the mother through labor, prescribing a drug – Pitocin – that sped up the delivery process to a rate at which the child did not have sufficient time to recover and oxygenate between contractions. The Plaintiffs’ position was that when the fetal heart monitor began to demonstrate that the child was being deprived of oxygen the administration of Pitocin should have been terminated. The evidence also demonstrated that the hospital’s written rules prohibited use of Pitocin in cases where the mother is dilating, making progress in the labor process and experiencing strong contractions.