French ultrasound threatened by cost of errors
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The legal cases of three French children whose handicaps were not detected during antenatal ultrasound procedures have cast a shadow over the future of ultrasound practice in France. If the courts rule in favour of the children and award large settlements, according to a precedent set for undiagnosed handicap, then sonographers fear their insurance premiums would rise five- or ten-fold and price them out of practice, according to Le Quotidien du Medecin.