HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. SMITH

53096.

142 Ga. App. 284 (1977)

235 S.E.2d 562

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF WALKER, DADE & CATOOSA COUNTIES v. SMITH et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1977.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Gleason, James A. Secord, for appellant.

Brown, Harriss, Hartman & Ruskaup, Robert J. Harriss, for appellees.


McMURRAY, Judge.

John C. Smith, who had a history of arterial disease, was admitted to John L. Hutcheson Memorial Tri-County Hospital (Hospital Authority of Walker, Dade & Catoosa Counties) after suffering a heart attack. While in the intensive care unit of the hospital, which required protective rails around the beds and restraints as required by hospital procedure when ordered by the patient's attending physician, he fell from a hospital bed and broke his hip...

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