Hospital to Pay $1.45 Million over Patient’s Death 839

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A Kentucky jury has awarded $1.45 million in a lawsuit filed against St. Joseph Hospital over the 1999 death of a 39-year-old male patient. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer The lawsuit, filed by the man’s estate, claims the man died of a ruptured peptic ulcer several hours after being discharged from the hospital for the second time in as many days. He was given pain medication and an enema before being sent home, despite vomiting blood and complaining of severe abdominal pain, the suit states.  Jennifer Hewlett, Lexington Herald-Leader  03/01/2012 San Diego personal injury attorney

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