Hospital, Doctor to Pay $18M Over Deadly Diagnostic Test
The parents of a community college student who went into a coma and died after a diagnostic test at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in New York State have reached an $18.1 million settlement with the hospital and doctor who treated their daughter.
A report in lohud.com, a Gannett company, said Raina Ferraro, 19, had an endoscopy, in which a hollow tube is inserted into the body, usually through the mouth, at Phelps in January 2013 after experiencing stomach pain.
During the procedure, the patient went into cardiac and respiratory arrest. She died in May after more than two years in a vegetative state.
Her parents were represented by attorney Sanford Rubenstein.
