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NYT: Joan Rivers’s Treatment Had Numerous Violations, U.S. Inquiry Finds
If the medical errors in Ms. Rivers' treatment weren't bad enough, the then-medical director of the clinic, Dr. Lawrence Cohen, stopped by the operating room to snap unauthorized cell phone photos of her on the operating table and under anesthesia. A doctor at (what was supposed to be) a reputable clinic taking trophy photos of a celebrity patient -- just . . . .wow.
The article says Dr. Cohen no longer practices at the clinic, but I think the bigger question is, does he still have a license to practice medicine at all, and if so, why.
[font size=5]Joan Rivers’s Treatment Had Numerous Violations, U.S. Inquiry Finds[/font]
A Manhattan clinic treating Joan Rivers in August did not notice that her vital signs were deteriorating for at least 15 minutes before she went into cardiac arrest, leading to her death several days later, a federal investigation has found.
Released on Monday, a report said that Ms. Rivers’s blood pressure and pulse decreased precipitously while she was on the operating table on Aug. 28 between 9:12 and 9:26 a.m., yet cardiopulmonary resuscitation began at 9:28 at the earliest.
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Investigators also reported that Dr. Lawrence Cohen, then medical director of the clinic, took cellphone pictures of Ms. Rivers and Gwen Korovin, her ear, nose and throat doctor, while Ms. Rivers was lying on the operating table unconscious from anesthesia. Dr. Cohen told the others in the room that Ms. Rivers might want to see the pictures in the recovery room.
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As for the photographs, the report said, “There was no documentation of prior consent by Patient No. 1 authorizing her photographs to be obtained by the facility’s staff members during the procedure.”
A Manhattan clinic treating Joan Rivers in August did not notice that her vital signs were deteriorating for at least 15 minutes before she went into cardiac arrest, leading to her death several days later, a federal investigation has found.
Released on Monday, a report said that Ms. Rivers’s blood pressure and pulse decreased precipitously while she was on the operating table on Aug. 28 between 9:12 and 9:26 a.m., yet cardiopulmonary resuscitation began at 9:28 at the earliest.
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Investigators also reported that Dr. Lawrence Cohen, then medical director of the clinic, took cellphone pictures of Ms. Rivers and Gwen Korovin, her ear, nose and throat doctor, while Ms. Rivers was lying on the operating table unconscious from anesthesia. Dr. Cohen told the others in the room that Ms. Rivers might want to see the pictures in the recovery room.
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As for the photographs, the report said, “There was no documentation of prior consent by Patient No. 1 authorizing her photographs to be obtained by the facility’s staff members during the procedure.”
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