HomeMy WebLinkAbout0564 18. The Defendants, JOHN J. WILSON, M.D., and the Defendant
Hospital, acted wantonly, willfully, and with a reckless disregard to
the riqhts of others includinq the decedent herein, by failing to
recommend and procure the admission of the decedent, despite the
nwnerous visits,to the hospital by the decedent on June 25, July 4,
July 6, July 7, and July 8, 1976, where she displayed symptoms of
severe head pain, encephalopathy, or other.serious illness, and
where, on July 8, 1976, after she was sent to the Indian River Mental
Health Center by JOHN J. WILSON, M.D., she was diagnosed the~ce by ~
the staff psychiatrist, Dr. Emanuel M. Winocur, as having acute toxic .
metabolic encephalopathy requirinq fmmediate hospitalization, and
where, despite the existence of such symptoms and the above-mentioned
diagnosis and recommendation, which was known to the Defendant, .TOHN
J. WILSON, M.D., did not recommend to decedent's family physician or
staff physician that decedent be admitted to Defendant Hospital, but
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instead misdiagnosed her Gondition as that of "alcoholism" without
any adequate basis, symptoms,_or history, and improperly and with a '
reckless indifference to the decedent's health and welfare recommended
to the staff physician that decedent not be admitted. '
19. The aforesaid actions of the Oefendants were of a qross
and ~flagrant character, evidencing a reckless disreqard_for human
life of the decedent, BETTY JEAN_ PRIDE. Alternatively, by the afore-
said acts, there was a want of care on the Defendants' part so as to
constitute a conscious indifference to the consequences of the dece-
dent's health, evidencing a grossly careless disregard for Mrs. BETTY
JEAN~PRIDE'S health and welfare or a reckless indifference to dece-
dent's riqhts.
20. As a result of the wanton, willful, and reckless dis-
- regard for the rights of others, including the decedent, the dece-- -
dent's medical condition rapidly deteriorated and she died on July 14,
1976. As a result of the foregoing conduct, the decedent's estate
incurred medical expenses and funeral expenses.
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