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Deliverance
From a complaint filed December 15 by Catherine Skol, a police officer in Chicago, against Scott Pierce, M.D., and Rush University Medical Center.
At 4 a.m. on March 1, when her contractions were eight minutes apart, Catherine Skol and her husband, Larry, proceeded to the emergency department, and the resident assigned to her called Dr. Pierce. At approximately 8:10 a.m., Pierce arrived. He immediately asked, “Did you call anyone before you came in?” Skol responded that her instructions were to come to the emergency room. “You should know better,” Pierce said, “since this is your fifth child.” Over the next two hours, Pierce would not let Skol have an epidural or other pain medication. He would not answer any of her questions and interrupted her repeatedly, saying, “Shut up, close your mouth, and push.”
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| SEE ALSO: Career as obstetrician; Skol, Catherine; Childbirth; Delivery (Obstetrics); Health; Malpractice; Pierce, Scott | |
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