Jewish Hospital Ass'n of Louisville, Ky. v. Lewis

CULLEN, Commissioner.

While Marshall Lewis was a patient in the Jewish Hospital in Louisville an orderly undertook to insert in his penis a Foley catheter for the purpose of draining his bladder. A nurse had reported to Lewis’ doctor, by telephone, that Lewis’ bladder was distended and the doctor had directed a catheterization. However, Lewis, whose only knowledge of any such direction was through the statement of the orderly that “it is orders,” strongly protested the treatment and voiced repeated objections to its being done. Nevertheless the orderly attempted the insertion. During the…