WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A couple is suing St. Mary’s Medical Center saying the hospital’s negligence caused their daughter to be born prematurely and suffer brain damage.The lawsuit says Tesome Sampson was given a drug to expel dead fetuses or speed up labor. As a result, her baby girl was born two months early.
Sampson was on bed rest to prevent a premature deliver. St. Mary’s Medical Center admitted her in August. On September 4th, she was given the drug Prostin.
The lawsuit says that drug should have never been administered to her. After receiving it, Sampson complained of intense abdominal cramping. After four hours of intense pain, she gave birth to her daughter in the toilet.
Traniya Guy is brain damaged and suffers other health problems. She was transferred to another hospital and remains in the hospital on a feeding tube. The lawsuit says medical expenses have already hit three-point-five million dollars.
Tesome Sampson and Frank Guy are seeking an unspecified amount of damages for what happened to their daughter. They are suing St. Mary’s Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare and the healthcare professionals involved.
There was a similar case that same night. Sharee Davis was also at St. Mary’s and was given Prostin. She was on bed rest for twins who were four months along. When she was given Prostin it sped up her labor and the twins died.
At the time St. Mary’s released a statement expressing the hospital’s sympathies and regrets to both families. It read in part: “St. Mary’s, along with its physicians, pharmacists and nurses, are working together to more fully understand the cause of this occurrence, and are talking the necessary steps to prevent something like this from happening again. We have reported this to the appropriate agencies and will fully cooperate with their review of these events.”
St. Mary’s did not return calls for comment on the lawsuit being filed.
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