Word: uhse
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Complaints have included the case of a woman who allegedly "came close to dying" because of an undiagnosed infection, another who allegedly became pregnant after a "clearly slipping" intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) was not corrected, and charges that the two UHS doctors performed Cesarian sections with insufficient cause, according to...
The two practitioners charged in the grievance, who work at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston, handle all but the most routine gynecological problems for all women enrolled in the Harvard University Group Health Plan, UHS Director Warren E.C. Wacker said yesterday.
The two doctors handle about 6000 visits each year from individuals including Harvard employees, their wives, and Harvard students, a UHS official said yesterday. Only a small percentage are from undergraduates.
Dr. Judith Herzfeld, chairman of the joint committee's health care division, said yesterday that the grievance was a response to a "wide variety" of complaints about UHS service, in addition to those concerning delivery methods.
An investigation of UHS practices by a Brigham and Women's committee found that all the Cesarian sections cited in the joint committee's grievance were warranted, Wacker said.