Legal Opinion
In re Beth Israel Medical Center
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 9, 1987PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Stanley Parness, J.
In this application, petitioner hospital sought authorization to perform an emergency amputation on an elderly patient, Sadie Weinstein. A hearing was held and an order entered which denied the application. The following are the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The patient is a 74-year-old, partially paralyzed and aphasic nursing home resident who was brought to the hospital on July 1987 as a result of having sustained a new stroke. Following her admission, she suffered an occlusion or clot of the left iliac artery and vein which has…
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