Hoffman v. Brandywine Hospital

CERCONE, Judge:

This is a consolidated appeal from two orders of court granting appellees Gordon Eck, D.O. and Sanda Rajan, M.D. summary judgment in a medical malpractice action. We *249affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

On December 3, 1984, decedent Helen M. Perpinka was admitted to Brandywine Hospital with a mass in her left breast. Dr. Sanda Rajan, decedent’s surgeon, performed a left radical mastectomy on December 17, 1984. During the course of pre-operative, operative, and post-operative procedures, Dr. Rajan ordered several blood transfusions. In October of…