Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff commenced this malpractice action against the defendant alleging that the defendant had negligently performed a hemorrhoidectomy in December 1977, and that he had negligently provided postoperative care thereafter, as a result of which the plaintiff contracted peritonitis requiring her hospitalization in March 1978.
The rule is well settled that a physician is "liable for an injury to his patient...
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