Long v. Ponca City Hospital, Inc.

BARNES, Justice.

Charlene Long and her husband, Don, brought a negligence action against Ponca City Hospital, Inc. The negligence action grew out of the improper placement of a catheter while Ms. Long was in the hospital. Ms. Long was admitted to Ponca City Hospital for surgery, including a hysterectomy, and a Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure. The attending physician, not a party to the suit, gave written preoperative orders to the staff at the hospital directing that a catheter be inserted into Ms. Long’s bladder. Contrary to the instructions, and to current standard medical practices, the…