Category: Provider Hall of Shame

From Jill Stanek “Three Louisiana abortion clinics cited for failure to report child rape” LifeSiteNews Jul 11, 2011:

Gentilly, a particular blight on the New Orleans community, was shut down May 26 under Louisiana’s new, aforementioned “zero tolerance” law for “significant health and safety risks to clients.”

A May 6 LDHH report gave more insight why.

• Contrary to Louisiana law mandating a 24-hr waiting period before abortions, several patient records reviewed showed late-term abortions – including minors – were initiated the same day as the consent was signed by insertion of laminaria into the mother’s cervix.
• No licensed nurse on staff.
• No current fire marshal inspection.
• No recovery period: Patients were released as soon as their abortions were finished. “S1 confirmed these sedated patients had not been observed in the Recovery Room post procedure…. [T]he patients did not spend any time in Recovery Room.” Furthermore, “Observations… revealed the entrance to Gentilly… to be a spiral staircase leading to the clinic located on the second floor of the building” with “no elevator,” and there was “no documented evidence of the patient’s mode of transportation or the responsible party to whom the patient was discharged.” Most patients were given 5 milligrams of Valium by mouth and 25 milligrams of Demerol by injection before their abortions.

 To read more about clinics and abortionists that put women at risk, go here.

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Causeway Medical Clinic in Louisiana ran into problems after being inspected.

• One of the “Physician[s],”had restrictions on his medical license that did not allow him to perform deliveries”
• Patient confidentiality was lax: Aborting mothers had to sign in with first and last names that others could see.
•  The vaginal ultrasound probe was not cleaned properly between uses

This is only one of the many, many cases where abortion clinics are found to be offering substandard medicine. The flaws at this clinic were relatively mild compared to many of the other abuses chronicled on clinicquotes. read more here.

Jill Stanek “Three Louisiana abortion clinics cited for failure to report child rape” LifeSiteNews Jul 11, 2011

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An abortion clinic at 2200 Hamilton St. in Allentown has failed a health inspection.

According to the Health Department, operators “failed to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.”

They found the following problems:

1. in two “procedure rooms,” an employee showed inspectors dozens of metal devices used in abortions that had been sterilized, but not wrapped to maintain sterility
2. packages of surgical instruments “had an accumulation of brown debris in the hinge areas and brown staining on the inside of the packages.” An employee, who was unnamed, “confirmed that these surgical instruments were considered sterile and ready for patient use.”
3. found instruments in sterile packages that were past the expiration dates listed on the packages. Two disposable uterine catheters had expiration dates of March 15, 2003 and September 2005. Clonidine tablets were also out-of-date.
4. Other instruments were stored in dirty containers
5. A freezer for infectious waste in a scrub room was splattered and smeared with blood and the bottom of the freezer was coated with a “thick layer” of frozen blood.,
6. inspectors found violations in the recovery area, where patient care items such as pillows, blankets and heating pad covers were taken home and laundered by staffers “every once in a while.”

This clinic was operating legally, and will continue to see patients. Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups oppose laws that would require clinics to be inspected and to meet certain health standards. Planned Parenthood vigorously opposes any law that requires clinics to be licensed and inspected.

Tim Darragh “State inspectors cite Allentown abortion clinic for violations” The Morning Call July 09, 2011

 

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Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women.

Gentilly, a particular blight on the New Orleans community, was shut down May 26 under Louisiana’s new, aforementioned “zero tolerance” law for “significant health and safety risks to clients.”

A May 6 LDHH report gave more insight why.

 — Contrary to Louisiana law mandating a 24-hr waiting period before abortions, several patient records reviewed showed late-term abortions – including minors – were initiated the same day as the consent was signed by insertion of laminaria into the mother’s cervix.

— No licensed nurse on staff.

— No current fire marshal inspection.

— No recovery period: Patients were released as soon as their abortions were finished. “S1 confirmed these sedated patients had not been observed in the Recovery Room post procedure…. [T]he patients did not spend any time in Recovery Room.” Furthermore, “Observations… revealed the entrance to Gentilly… to be a spiral staircase leading to the clinic located on the second floor of the building” with “no elevator,” and there was “no documented evidence of the patient’s mode of transportation or the responsible party to whom the patient was discharged.” Most patients were given 5 milligrams of Valium by mouth and 25 milligrams of Demerol by injection before their abortions.

Jill Stanek “Three Louisiana abortion clinics cited for failure to report child rape” LifeSiteNews Jul 11, 2011

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Causeway Medical Clinic

• One of the “Physician[s],“had restrictions on his medical license that did not allow him to perform deliveries”
• Patient confidentiality was lax: Aborting mothers had to sign in with first and last names that others could see.
•  The vaginal ultrasound probe was not cleaned properly between uses

Jill Stanek “Three Louisiana abortion clinics cited for failure to report child rape” LifeSiteNews Jul 11, 2011

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Dr. Brian Finkel was convicted of molesting dozens of women in his abortion clinic, and was accused of molesting over 100. Several years before his arrest, he said the following to a pro-life protester he dubbed “Beer Belly”:

‘Hey, Beer Belly, I want you to know that if your wife ever needs an abortion, I’ll do one for free.  Not because I’m a nice guy, but just because I want to get between her l-e-e-e-e-gs.’”

June 17, 1999 Phoenix New Times article, Trash-talking abortionist Dr. Brian Finkel has a message for pro-life zealots: “Kiss My Ass.”

Quoted by Life Dynamics

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital has been in the news recently when five nurses alleged that the staff abortionist threatened to kill them over some forms reportedly missing from the nurses’ station. Now, then, is an apt time to look at a previous Brigham and Women’s abortionist: Joan Golub.

First, we’ll look at the allegations of a patient I’ll call “Julie,” who went to Brigham and Women’s for a cone biopsy by Golub:

Julie was admitted for the cone biopsy on July 20, 1981. She said that she was not informed of the risks of a cone biopsy during pregnancy, and that staff did not wait for the results of a pregnancy test before proceeding with the biopsy.

After the procedure, Julie said, she was told that she “had been pregnant but that she was no longer pregnant due to the biopsy.”

Julie said that she never would have consented to a cone biopsy had she known of the pregnancy and of the risks to her fetus. Subsequently, however, she learned that the fetus evidently hadn’t died; she was still pregnant, but the “pregnancy was significantly compromised by the anesthesia, blood loss and other effects of biopsy.” Julie said that Golub told her that an immediate abortion was necessary, and Julie consented to have Golub perform the recommended abortion.

Julie had consulted with Golub, she said, after another doctor had told her that she might have cervical cancer. The defense argued that Julie would have consented to the biopsy anyway, and that due to her extreme anxiety over the possibility of having cancer, she probably would not have been able to carry the pregnancy to term anyway.

Due to persisting gynecological problems, Julie had to have a hysterectomy.

Source: Suffolk Superior Court Complaint No. 69630

Golub also had faced previous allegations about treatment of a patient at Bill Baird Center:

A patient I’ll call “Starleigh,” age 21, said that she had a 6-week abortion performed by Golub June 9, 1979, at the Bill Baird Center. She experienced excruciating pain during the procedure, and, as she said later, she asked Golub to stop “because I was losing consciousness.”

“Afterward,” Starleigh said, “I could not get up.”

Starleigh said that she was kept in the recovery room 1 1/2 hours, but was not examined by a doctor before she was discharged.

She returned to the clinic July 2, reporting pain and cramps. She also said that her period had not yet resumed. She was fitted with a diaphragm, and commented of Michael Rees, the doctor who saw her, “He was very condescending and his whole demeanor was one of arrogance.

Early in August, Starleigh called to report that she was still not menstruating, but they told her not to worry. She returned August 20 for a pregnancy test, which came back positive.

Starleigh said that Don Jaffe, another doctor at Bill Baird Center, told her, “I was at least 15 weeks pregnant, that I was having twins and that they only aborted one and not the other. He told me the best thing to do would be to go into the hospital and finish the job that was started.” Golub arranged this second abortion.

Starleigh said that while awaiting this second abortion, she suffered “anxiety attacks, insomnia, nightmares, periods of depression, and doubts about the upcoming operation.” She was admitted August 27 for the second abortion and discharged the next day.

Afterward, Starleigh said, she suffered from nightmares and depression. “I was hysterical and crying on and off much of the time, and after the second abortion for several months.” She added, “I have suffered from extreme anxiety since the second abortion.” She reported personality changes: “less friendly, less ambitious and energetic and more lethargic.” She sought psychiatric care and dropped out of school.

“At first I lost forty pounds. Now I am overweight and I care less about my appearance. I am more indifferent toward education and I am afraid of doctors,” Starleigh said of the aftermath of her abortions.

Golub and the Center each separately argued the lack of an enforcable contract between themselves and Starleigh, and won defense verdicts.

Source: Suffolk Superior Court Action No. 55286

Credit: Christina Dunigan

 

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