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NSW woman gets $400,000 payout after Filshie clips did not prevent her falling pregnant
A woman who underwent surgery to avoid falling pregnant has been awarded more than $400,000 for medical negligence after she unexpectedly conceived another child.
Key points:
- The woman had Filshie clips attached in 2014 to prevent any more pregnancies
- However one of the clips was ill-fitted, resulting in a child delivered via C-section
- The doctor was accused of changing dates on a pamphlet that outlined risk
The 39-year-old, referred to by the pseudonym Jodie Lee, sued obstetrician and gynaecologist Nita Dhupar over the elective tubal ligation surgery she performed in 2014.
The procedure was supposed to permanently block Ms Lee’s fallopian tubes using Filshie clips — 14-millimetre-long titanium medical devices which lock into place using a…
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