Pjetri v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Murphy, P. J.
Djon Pjetri, a 24-year-old man otherwise in good health, was admitted to North Central Bronx Hospital for the repair of a fractured leg. He left the hospital with profound brain damage, his intellectual capacity reduced to that of a young child. During the operation to set his broken bones an endotracheal tube had been misplaced causing the oxygen flow to his brain *102to become seriously diminished. Deprived in this manner of sufficient oxygen, Mr. Pjetri sustained devastating and permanent neurological injuries.
In the medical malpractice action subsequently…
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