Word: heiman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...BRENDA HEIMAN HARVEY GOODFRIEND San Diego...
...felt fine the next morning," says Serpas. "She washed a whole line of clothes. Around 5:30 or 6, Dr. Heiman came. He gave her a shot in the arm . . . She began to have pains and he made her get into bed. He started using forceps within 30 minutes of the time he gave her the shot." After an hour and a half, Mrs. Serpas was delivered of a daughter. Then she began to hemorrhage...
...Heiman said Mrs. Serpas should have a transfusion. It took a while to get an ambulance. Mrs. Serpas was admitted to Charity Hospital at 10:20 and died at 11:50. Her baby, unnamed, was still there in an incubator this week...
Serpas' complaint, which led to the district attorney's charge, is that Dr. Heiman induced labor prematurely, at 7½ months, and used forceps improperly. Said the doctor's lawyer: the birth came after 8½ months, Heiman found Mrs. Serpas already in labor and did all that any doctor could have done...
Free on bail awaiting trial, probably in August, Dr. Heiman went about his practice, delivering babies as usual...