Chicago Woman Partially Sterilized by Unwanted Tubal Ligation Performed at Mount Sina Hospital
Lourdes Maldonado, a 34-year-old mother from Chicago, recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Cook County through Zayed Law Offices against Mount Sinai Hospital after receiving a tubal ligation without her consent that resulted in her partial sterilization. On May 16, 2021, Maldonado was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital where she underwent an unplanned c-section. While under general anesthesia after the c-section was successfully completed, an assisting surgical resident incorrectly informed the lead surgeon to perform a tubal ligation. After the right-side tubal ligation was