Legal Opinion
Suarez Matos v. Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 1993No. 92-1861, 92-1862, 92-1891, 92-1914 and 92-2469PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED OPINION
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Karen Suarez Matos, a resident of New York vacationing in Puerto Rico, was taken to defendant Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital in San Juan on October 30, 1989 on an emergency basis. A uterine tumor, or myoma, was removed the following day, and thereafter examined by defendant Doctor Jose Carrasco, a pathologist on the staff of the hospital. He, allegedly, reported it was benign. On discharge with that diagnosis plaintiff was advised to follow up with a New York doctor, two names being given. Beyond a clinic visit, this she failed…
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