Legal Opinion
Powell v. Columbian Presbyterian Medical Center
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 24, 1965PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
Oil December 22,1965, at about 6:00 p.m., I ordered that, pending the hearing on December 27, 1965, and the determination of this proceeding, “ Columbian Presbyterian Medical Center, acting through its duly accredited and licensed physicians in attendance, may administer such transfusions as are in the opinion of the physicians in attendance necessary to save the life of Willie Mae Powell ” (emphasis added).
Mrs. Willie Mae Powell, a postoperative Caesarian section patient in Ward 16 C center, had suffered extensive bleeding and as a result had, according to the affidavit by Dr. Joseph E.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by9 opinions
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