[net-gold] MEDICAL: CHILDBIRTH : MEDICAL: MALPRACTICE : LAW: CASES: Texas Parents Blame Use of Forceps In Baby's Death
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MEDICAL: CHILDBIRTH :
MEDICAL: MALPRACTICE :
LAW: CASES:
Texas Parents Blame Use of Forceps In Baby's Death
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Texas Parents Blame Use of Forceps In Baby's Death
By Tim Monzingo
January 3, 2014
Updated: January 3, 2014 10:27pm
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/
Texas-parents-blame-use-of-forceps-in-baby-s-death-5112302.php
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BEAUMONT _ A Southeast Texas family whose baby died days after being born
is pushing for legislation banning the method of delivery they're blaming
for her death.
Olivia Marie Coats was born Dec. 28 at the Medical Center of Southeast
Texas in Port Arthur. During the delivery, the attending physician
performed an emergency cesarean section during which he apparently used
forceps to help deliver the girl, according to information released by the
family.
On Wednesday, the infant died. She apparently suffered from "a fractured
skull and severed spinal cord," according to a statement from the family
published on a fundraising website.
Hospital CEO Matt Roberts said a review was begun into "all aspects of
this case."
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Olivia's parents, Allen Coats and Rachel Melancon, are now campaigning for
passage of "The Olivia Law," which would ban the use of forceps during
birth.
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In assisted births, doctors can use at least two methods: forceps to help
grab the child or a vacuum.
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According to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, assisted deliveries using either of these methods are infrequent
and have been on the decline in recent years.
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The report points out that forceps are used significantly less often than
vacuum extraction, and that forceps have been used for less than 1 percent
of births since 2005, according to the study.
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Olivia Coats Death: Forceps Delivery Blamed For Newborn's Skull Being
Crushed, Texas Parents To File Suit Against Doctor
By Philip Ross
January 04 2014 5:16 PM
International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/olivia-coats-death-forceps-delivery-blamed-
newborns-skull-being-crushed-texas-parents-file-suit
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A Texas couple blames a botched forceps delivery for their newborn
daughters death a few days after her Dec. 28 birth. According to the
parents, newborn Olivia Coats skull was crushed during her birth when the
doctor struggled to deliver the baby using forceps. The family reportedly
plans to sue their obstetrician, Dr. George T. Backardjiev, according to
the National Monitor.
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"We're not mad at the hospital, this is not their fault. It is one man's
fault," Angie Coats, Olivia Coats grandmother, told ABC News. "We only
want justice for Olivia; we want the person responsible, which is the
doctor. We don't want the hospital being shunned."
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Angie Coats told ABC News that her daughter-in-law had a normal, healthy
pregnancy, but that the couple had requested a C-section delivery because
of the babys size. Olivia weighed nearly 8 pounds and was 22 inches long
at birth.
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Backardjiev, however, refused to perform a C-section, telling the mother,
24-year-old Rachel Melancon, that she would have a scar afterwards.
Instead, the doctor used forceps to help deliver the baby. Angie Coats
told reporters that the doctor struggled with the forceps, and even put
his foot on the bed to try and pull the baby out.
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"He was turning and twisting and she would never come out, she recalled.
He put the forceps one way and the other. When he touched the top and side
of the skull, we heard a pop, like clay cracking in pottery and heard her
skull crush."
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The medical staff assured Melancon and her fiance, 25-year-old Allen
Coats, that their baby was alive. Olivia Coats was swiftly transferred to
Childrens Memorial Harmann Hospital in Houston, where the parents learned
that their daughter had suffered several skull fractures. Olivia Coats
died on Jan. 2.
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Forceps Delivery Crushed Baby's Skull, Caused Death, Family Alleges
January 3, 2014
Susan Donaldson James
via Good Morning America
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-family-alleges-
forceps-delivery-crushed-babys-skull/story?id=21410615
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Olivia Marie Coats lived for five days after her parents allege a forceps
delivery crushed her little skull and caused brain death. Now, they have
launched a Facebook campaign to stop the use of forceps in all births.
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Allen Coats, 25, and his fiancee Rachel Melancon, 24, say they will sue
their obstetrician, Dr. George T. Backardjiev, but not The Medical Center
of Southeast Texas, where their daughter was born on Dec. 28. The baby was
transferred that day to Houston's Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital,
which confirmed the baby died on Jan. 2.
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Coats, a pipe fitter and the baby's father, told ABCNews.com, "I can't
bring it to myself to talk to people at the moment -- sorry."
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Olivia was ultimately delivered by emergency C-section, according to the
family, but they allege it was too late. "My son said, 'I don't think my
baby is alive.' She was not breathing and she never cried," said Angie
Coats.
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She said the medical staff told the family the baby was alive and would be
transferred to Hermann Hospital.
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But once the family arrived at Hermann, they allege that doctors told them
Olivia was not breathing on her own and had suffered "numerous skull
fractures."
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ABCNews.com twice called the office of Backardjiev and spoke to an
assistant, asking for comment. But the obstetrician did not return calls.
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Matt Roberts, the CEO of The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, said in a
statement that the baby's death "rips at our hearts and words are
insufficient to express how much our sympathies go to this loving family."
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The statement added, "While patient privacy and peer review restrictions
prevent the hospital from commenting specifically, the hospital
administration and independent medical staff immediately initiated a
review of all aspects of this case. Our independent medical staff
leadership shares in the hospital's commitment to take all necessary
actions to understand why this happened."
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Forceps delivery allegedly crushed babys skull, caused death: report
Olivias parents are now campaigning for the passage of The Olivia Law.
National Monitor
Lance Tillson
January 04, 2014
http://natmonitor.com/2014/01/04/
forceps-delivery-allegedly-crushed-babys-skill-caused-death-report/
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Olivias family doesnt want other families to be devastated by a similar
experience and has launched a Facebook campaign to make people aware of
what happened to their daughter. The page has garnered 70,000 likes as of
Saturday morning. The family has also launched a gofundme fundraiser to
help them with all of the medical and funeral costs. The campaign has
raised more than $6,000 and has a $20,000 goal.
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The Houston Chronicle reports that Allen and Rachel, Olivias parents, are
now campaigning for the passage of The Olivia Law, which would prohibit
the utilization of forceps during birth.
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January 2, 2014
Baby's death could leave lasting legacy
Parents proposing law to ban forcep usage during deliveries
Sherry Koonce The Port Arthur News
http://www.panews.com/local/x1186904775/
Babys-death-could-leave-lasting-legacy#sthash.6r2mNMeq.dpuf
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PORT ARTHUR Olivia Marie Coats never had the chance to say a word during
the short time she was alive, yet her voice is already being heard across
the nation loud enough to save lives.
Baby Olivia was taken off life support in a Memorial Hermann Hospital in
Houston Wednesday, just four days after she was born on Dec. 28 at Medical
Center of Southeast Texas.
Her parents, Rachel Melancon, 24, and Allen Coats, 25, believe their
daughters death was the result of injuries received from the use of
forceps during an attempted vaginal delivery. Olivia was eventually
delivered by emergency cesarean section, but was unable to move or breathe
on her own. She was ruled to be brain dead and transferred to the Houston
hospital, Angie Coats, the babys grandmother, said.
Coats said Olivias parents hope the death will not be in vain. They hope
to see Olivias Law passed, banning all forceps deliveries in the United
States.
During Olivias short life, a group Facebook page was started to bring
awareness to her plight, and to the need for a law prohibiting all forceps
deliveries.
Since the page was started, Coats said people from all over the U.S. have
left messages of encouragement and support, and to relay their own horror
stories of forceps deliveries.
People are coming out of the woodwork with lifetime damages from forceps.
People are telling us that they were forceps babies, Coats said.
Those heartstirring messages are what is keeping her son going during this
difficult time, Coats said.
All I heard my son say is I want to save lives. I want this to never
happen to another baby again, Coats said.
Olivias mother feels the same.
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An account to help defray funeral expenses has been set up at 5 Point
Credit Union. The account number is 8765877.
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Donations may also be made to Olivia Coats GoFundMe Page, or by purchasing
T-shirts from
http://www.booster.com/oliviamariecoats.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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WEBBIB1314
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Contact for 5 Point Credit Union
http://www.5pointcu.org/contents.php?intIdSection=70
Port Arthur 409.962.8793
Beaumont 409.892.5363
Lumberton 409.751.5119
Bridge City 409.738.2300
Nederland 409.726.8300
Global 1.800.825.8829
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