The medical liability insurance crisis has reached a point where it is chasing physicians out of medicine.
The most extreme aspect of the situation concerns obstetricians/gynecologists. The practice of obstetrics, preparation for and delivery of newborn babies, is a malpractice nightmare. Not only does that practice pose the potential for profound damage to a person that may last his or her life, but the statute of limitations for instituting such a lawsuit against a physician (normally three years) does not even begin to run until a child reaches the age of majority, which is 18 in Maryland.
Posted by Webmaster at January 12, 2004 04:48 AM