Horton v. SHELBY MEDICAL CENTER

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants. We affirm.

Mrs. Beatrice Horton was admitted to the Shelby Medical Center ("SMC") on March 14, 1982, after having been diagnosed by Dr. Thomas M. Nolen of the Columbiana Clinic as having either asthmatic bronchitis or pneumonia.1 Mrs. Horton complained also of irregular menstrual bleeding, specifically that she had bled continuously for over 60 days. A number of tests were performed at SMC, including a chest X-ray that ruled out pneumonia and an EKG that revealed an abnormal T-wave. Mrs. Horton was placed on antibiotics and respiratory…