Tuesday, August 02, 2022

August 2, 1981: Screwed Up Anesthesia and Resuscitation

Twenty-seven-year-old Robin Renee Wells, divorced mother of three children ages 6, 4, and 2, went for an abortion under general anesthesia by Max Pierre Gaujean at Akron Center for Reproductive Health on July 15, 1981.

Robin went into cardiac arrest in the recovery room, and was transferred by ambulance to a hospital. She remained in a coma until her death on August 2, 1981.

Both Gaujean and the anesthesiologist were independent contractors and did not maintain private practices. 

The suit filed by Robin's survivors alleged that she was overdosed on anesthesia and not properly monitored. It also alleged that staff at Akron Center for Reproductive Health failed "to resuscitate her after her condition had been discovered." 

The case was settled out of court.

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Summit County, OH, Court of Common Pleas Case No. CV 82 4 1036

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