O'Rourke on Behalf of O'Rourke v. Rao

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from judgment entered November 9, 1990. The underlying medical malpractice action against defendants, appellee Dr. Gopal Rao, a general surgeon, and Shadyside Hospital, began in March, 1981 when appellant, Bernadette O’Rourke, since deceased, was admitted to Shadyside Hospital for surgical repair of a hiatal hernia. On March 10, 1981, several days after the surgery, Mrs. O’Rourke suffered a stroke. Dr. Rao was not in the hospital and was telephoned by the attending nurses several times throughout the late evening and early morning of the next day. Dr. Rao…