[throwaway713]

There was a young anesthesiologist in training (resident?) who was administering the epidural while a more experienced anesthesiologist was supposed to be watching. The trainee put the epidural in the wrong spot three times and ended up giving my wife Horner's syndrome after the final insert. The older anesthesiologist didn't notice the failed attempts because he was staring at something on the TV in the room. I eventually told him he needed to pay attention because his resident kept screwing up.

Also, I suspect (but cannot prove) that our daughter ended up in the NICU because of additional failings during delivery related to a very long period of trying to induce while our daughter did not have sufficient oxygen.

[tartoran]

That’s malpractice and you could sue. That would most likely prevent this from happening in the future

[novok]

There is a difference between ideals and reality, otherwise you could sue for residents being malpractice since they are usually sleep deprived and make mistakes of sleep deprivation, often.