Civil Plaintiff
Chicago Woman Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Procedure Conducted Without Her Consent
A woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a West Side hospital, saying doctors conducted a sterilization procedure on her without her consent last year.
Lourdes Maldonado filed the lawsuit in June against Mount Sinai Hospital in North Lawndale in Cook County Circuit Court.
Doctors conducted the sterilization surgery immediately after Maldonado gave birth via an emergency cesarean section in spring 2021, according to the suit. Maldonado never signed any informed consent form nor verbally agreed to the procedure, according to the lawsuit.
