A Philadelphia jury awarded a $2 million verdict to a couple who accused a Wyomissing doctor of medical neglect in the stillborn birth of their child.
The lawsuit against Dr. Kirthik N. Parthasarathy, part of Tower Health Medical Group OB/GYN in Wyomissing, was brought by Kathleen E. Balmer and John DiGiamberardino Jr., Spring Township.
Through their attorneys, the couple claimed Parthasarathy did not properly interpret a non-stress test during a routine obstetric office visit during Balmer’s pregnancy, failing to recognize fetal heart rate decelerations. If they were detected, the proper course of action to ensure the health of the baby would have been further testing and possibly early delivery, the attorneys said…