Bedel v. University of Cincinnati Hospital

Bowman, Presiding Judge.

During the regular course of her prenatal care, Jacqueline Potts’s physician at Christ Hospital ran an alpha-fetoprotein test, the result of which was abnormal. Because of this test result, Potts’s physician referred her to the University of Cincinnati Holmes Hospital for an amniocentesis. On July 1,1987, Potts went for the test and was greeted by Dr. Randall T. Kelly, a perinatologist certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal fetal medicine, Dr. Tony Bazi, a third-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology, and Deni Schultz, an ultrasonographer. After…