ARTICLES
October 2005 ARTICLES
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by Jim Holman.
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Accident/Natural Death
Another Victim of RU-486
BY LAUREN HARGROVE
On June 14, a 34-year-old mother and lawyer, Oriane Shevin, of Sherman Oaks, California, died after undergoing a medically-induced abortion performed at the Eve Surgical Center, located at 10150 National Boulevard in West Los Angeles.
Her death leaves her two children -- a three-year-old and a four-year-old -- motherless.
According to Los Angeles county coroner records, Oriane Shevin had taken RU-486 (mifepristone) and misoprostol on June 9 and 10 to terminate her pregnancy. It is not known if she was seen by a physician or even examined at Eve Surgical Center, which has both Christopher Dotson, M.D. and Josepha Seletz, M.D. identified as being associated with the business.
Three days later, severe, unremitting pain and heavy bleeding began, and Oriane was taken by ambulance to Encino Tarzana Regional Medical Center, where she was diagnosed with severe metabolic acidosis and sepsis. Overnight her condition declined. She went into cardiac arrest and, despite resuscitation attempts, died on June 14.
The coroner reported her death to the federal Centers for Disease Control and ruled her death as "accident/natural" due to RU 486.
At the time that Oriane went to the Eve Surgical Center for the abortion, Dr. Christopher Dotson was still on Probation (1997 to June 16, 2005) for gross negligence and incompetence in causing the death of his patient, RJI, on February 3, 1992, according to California Medical Board records. Dotson was subjected to disciplinary action because "he was grossly negligent in the care and treatment of RJI." He failed to take an adequate exam, failed to classify her as a high risk pregnancy, failed to heed the risk of severe bleeding, failed to have appropriate equipment for monitoring, and failed to transfuse her in a timely way. He left the room while she was still bleeding.
The California Medical Board filed an accusation against Christopher Dotson, M.D. in 1993. Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital of Los Angeles had reported Dotson for being negligent in the treatment of six young women.
In 2001 Dr. Dotson had his New York medical license revoked indefinitely based on his California discipline.
Although Dr. Dotson has told authorities that his business address is 10150 National Boulevard in West Los Angeles, he does not have a fictitious name permit from the California Medical Board for Eve Surgical Center.
Dr. Dotson is a 1955 graduate of Ho ward University College of Medicine.
In July 2005 the federal Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and patients of the potential for serious bacterial infection under certain circumstances with the use of RU 486. At least four women in California have died from RU-486 being administered by an abortion business within the last five years.