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New mom burned by doc’s device during C-Section sues Lovelace Women’s Health

The “smell of burning flesh” alerted physicians with Lovelace Women’s Hospital and the Women’s Specialists of New Mexico that something was wrong during an otherwise routine cesarean section procedure at the hospital. A lawsuit against the hospital and physicians alleges that physicians left an electrocautery device, a surgical tool commonly used to control bleeding, unattended […]