Patient Sues Doctor for Branding Name on Uterus?????

That is just another in a long history of stupid lawsuits. What does she care what he did with it? If she liked the uterus that darn much she should have told the doctor she wanted to take it home with her after it was removed

Well, we need to remember that organs are sold for big money all over the world. He may have branded it that way to know what it was later. I see no other reason for the 'brand'. This is discusting and a real sign of our times. THis doctor should be watched to see if he is in fact selling the organs. I would wonder. And, yes, people do just and sue now days at the drop of the proverbial hat.

There's a few things about this story needing clarification for Me.. 1) Why would a Surgeon feel the need to Brand ANY organ that had been removed from a Patient with their Name? It's not like there was any possibility they were going to reimplant it later,or that they needed to distinguish it from another one,and I'm sure there are more conventional ways of doing that.. 2) Somebody's going to have to explain to me how the Woman's legs got burned at any stage during this procedure..I'm not a Surgeon,but don't hysterectomies get carried out through an abdominal incision? the only other possibility occurring to Me that might result in burned legs using an electrocautery device to carry out that procedure seems even more Barbaric.. 3) Did the Woman get to SEE Her removed Uterus afterwards? Was it presented to her? How did the explanation of Her name being branded onto it come about? There are cases when on the surface it appears to be all about the Litiginous culture that exists..but suffering burns during a procedure,that would appear to be a justifiable claim of negligence..

I wouldn't care about the removed body part, but why did she have burns on her legs?

You have to wonder why someone would want to have a name branded on a removed body part. it just seems strange. Then to sue someone for doing it is even stranger. I think that people are quick to sue. sometimes it's the principle more than the action that we want corrected.

Coming for a medical background and working in a few different operating rooms I can understand this story First, The burns on Her legs undoubtedly came from an electrocautery device used during surgery to control bleeding and dissect tissue. Burns can happen and are an accepted risk during surgery. Before surgery she certainly must have signed a medical release form outlining the risk...this is law. Second, The doctor branding her uterus is outside of normal medical practice and guidelines. After reading several different articles concerning this, branding the uterus after it was taken out was made in an effort to prevent a medical mix-up once it was sent to Pathology. Medical mix-ups happen more often than one would wish to think. The Patient was friends with the Physician's receptionist. This was the motivation for taking an extra step in insuring correct pathology results. The husband is also suing for "permanently injured and damaged" as result of the lack of intimacy due to this issue. Overall, to me it sounds as if the Doc was trying to take an extra step to protect her and the outcome of results, .... and is getting shafted.

Hello Erilyn, I don't think that it would bother me because like you said the body part removed will be disposed of anyway. when I first saw this discussion, I thought her uterus was still inside her; That would be a different matter.

I don't care about removed body parts because, well, they are going to the trash anyway. However, I will surely sue for the burns on my legs - not sue the act of branding or naming the part

LOL. Maybe the patient doesn't like the idea of herself being branded as a uterus? Some people are like that. They have very weird mindsets that other people don't have. But suing other people just because of something that you don't like is simply too ridiculous and too much. I don't think she'll ever win the case man.

Why are there burns on her legs... Brand her uterus dont tell me anything as to why her legs were burned. Im like the many others responding I would care more about the burns, and less about my removed uterus.

Well, it's the first time that I hear of such a method for not to mix up organs, but I don't think it's a reason good enough to sue someone. The uterus was going to be removed anyway.

She just wants the money.