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A Grenadian woman who became pregnant after a tubal ligation is refused compensation.

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A Grenadian woman who became pregnant after a tubal ligation is refused compensation.

The Consultative Council of Andalusia supported the decision of the Andalusian Health Service not to compensate a woman who claimed 125,000 euros for staying pregnant despite tubal ligation, as indicated in a recent resolution, to which Europa Press had access.

The ligature was performed on the woman on November 19, 2016 at the University Hospital. Snow Maiden of Granadadependent on SAS and yet had an unwanted pregnancy which resulted in the birth of his daughter on March 2, 2020.

She alleged that she was not warned of the possibility of failure and further contended that the procedure itself was performed faultily, resulting in the birth of her last daughter. A situation that he wanted to avoid by opting for this “face to face” method. difficult family economic situation.

The Advisory Council rejects the argument of professional misconduct since “there is no data to conclude that the tubal ligation was defective.”

The medical opinion issued for this purpose considers that the care provided was “correct and adequate” since the patient became pregnant approximately 30 months after undergoing tubal ligation, the said contraceptive method therefore worked during this period.

Subsequently, “and possibly due to a phenomenon of recanalization, one or both tubes become permeable again, with the consequence of the failure of the method”, according to the medical reports included in the file, concerning which the advisory body also recalls that tubal ligation cannot guarantee complete sterilization safety in one hundred percent of cases, “since human nature tends to restore the functional normality of related organs.”

About the lack of information According to the patient, the medical services that treated her and the Clinic itself do not agree either, since “the informed consent document contains the warning that tubal ligation is never 100% effective.” %”.

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