O'Neill v. McKeesport Hospital

WETTICK, A. J.,

This is a medical malpractice action arising out of the death of Scott Charles O’Neill during a July 7, 1983 hospitalization at McKeesport Hospital. His death was caused by a cardiac arrest resulting from a reaction to the anesthesia that had been administered. Plaintiffs complaint alleges that McKeesport Hospital’s negligence includes its failure to adopt rules, regulations, and procedures for safe administration of anesthesia, its failure to require hospital employees to monitor a patient’s body temperature during surgery, its failure to comply with policies established by…