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Thursday, October 16, 2008

$10.7 Million Awarded Due to Delayed Brain Scan

A New York City hospital must pay $10.7 million for waiting two hours to perform a brain scan on an injured 71-year-old woman, a jury has ruled. Negligence on the part of New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens caused the plaintiff, Candida Diego, to suffer partial paralysis after she fractured her skull in a 2003 fall, jurors found. A spokesperson for the hospital said they will appeal the verdict. AP , USA Today 10/13/2008
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