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Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: CLOSE Woman claims doctor performed surgery on her while taking a Spanish-language lesson. Wochit 
  
 A Port Chester woman is suing Dr. Eric Fishman and Westmed Medical Group. She claims the surgeon was taking a Spanish proficiency examination during her outpatient surgery. (Photo: Submitted) 
  
 Mary Edwards claims she was fully alert during surgery in September when the doctor operating on her had a conversation on his cellphone about having diabetes and blurred vision. 
  
 The surgeon, Dr. Eric Fishman, was not actually ill but was taking a Spanish proficiency examination, according to a lawsuit Edwards has filed in state Supreme Court in White Plains. 
  
 Edwards' surgery to fix a varicose vein went fine. But the 70-year-old Port Chester woman claims she suffered emotional distress and is suing Fishman and Westmed Medical Group, for whom Fishman works at its Purchase practice where the outpatient surgery was performed. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages. 
  
 Westmed Medical Group office in Purchase where Mary Edwards of Port Chester had vascular surgery in September. Edwards claims in a lawsuit that the surgeon, Dr. Eric Fishman, took a Spanish proficiency test on his cell phone while operating on her. (Photo: Jonathan Bandler/lohud.com) 
  
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 Edwards' lawyer, Mitchell Baker, said she had to go through the rest of the surgical procedure thinking that the doctor might not be able to see what he was doing. 
  
 "She was in absolute terror during the operation," Baker said. "She had no clue what was going on until after." 
  
 Following the operation, according to the lawsuit, Fishman told Edwards that he needed to be certified in Spanish because he has many patients who speak that language. He told her that the operation occurred at the only time he was able to take the proficiency test. 
  
 In the lawsuit, Baker cited concerns about cellphone use in operating rooms expressed by the American College of Surgeons and suggested that Fishman had violated its recommendations. 
  
 "(There is an argument that) in an emergency (cellphones) can be helpful. But this was no emergency," Baker said. "The doctor felt he could do both." 
  
 According to the lawsuit, Edwards had an earlier surgery in April during which she claims Fishman spoke with someone in the operating room about another patient's medical condition. 
  
 The lawsuit contends that Fishman and two Westmed officials acknowledged in a meeting that the doctor's behavior during the two surgeries was inappropriate. 
  
 Messages left for Fishman and the other officials at their offices, and for a lawyer representing Westmed, were not immediately returned. 
  
 A spokeswoman said Westmed does not comment on patient care or pending litigation. 
  
 Twitter: @jonbandler 
  
 Read or Share this story: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/health/2017/12/06/port-chester-woman-sues-surgeon-who-took-spanish-test-cellphone-while-operating/924580001/ ||||| WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York City woman has sued a doctor, claiming he used his cellphone to take a language test while operating on her. 
  
 The Journal News reports 70-year-old Mary Edwards, of Port Chester, filed a lawsuit Monday in state Supreme Court against Dr. Eric Fishman and his employer, Westmed Medical Group. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages. 
  
 Fishman performed surgery on Edwards to fix varicose veins twice in 2017. According to the lawsuit, Edwards claims Fishman had a conversation in Spanish on his cellphone during the second outpatient procedure. 
  
 Edwards' attorney says his client was terrified for the rest of the operation. Edwards claims Fishman later explained he was taking a Spanish proficiency test during the surgery. 
  
 A Westmed spokeswoman said the company doesn't comment on pending litigation. 
  
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 Information from: The Journal News, http://www.lohud.com |||||
Student:
A suburban New York City woman has sued a doctor, claiming he used his cellphone to take a language test while operating on her, per the AP. The Journal News reports 70-year-old Mary Edwards of Port Chester filed a lawsuit Monday in state Supreme Court against Dr. Eric Fishman and his employer, Westmed Medical Group. Fishman performed surgery on Edwards to fix varicose veins twice in 2017. According to the lawsuit, Edwards claims Fishman had a conversation in Spanish on his cellphone during the second outpatient procedure. She says she also heard him mention something into the phone about having diabetes and blurred vision. Edwards' attorney says his client was terrified for the rest of the operation because she feared those vision issues would somehow mar her procedure. Edwards claims Fishman later explained he was taking a Spanish proficiency test during the surgery (meaning he wasn't really suffering from vision problems). She says he told her he needed to be certified in Spanish due to his many Spanish-speaking patients and that there was no other good time to take the test. The procedure turned out OK, but Edwards says she suffered emotional distress as a result of the incident. She's seeking unspecified monetary damages. A Westmed spokeswoman said the company doesn't comment on pending litigation.