On May 19, 1981, in The New York Hospital (Hospital), Mr. Abdelazim Sallam, who was then 39 years of age and had slight vision in his right eye, underwent corneal transplant surgery. Within weeks of that surgery, an infection resulted in the loss of total vision in Mr. Sallam's right eye.
Subsequently, in 1983, Mr. Sallam (plaintiff) commenced, in the Supreme Court, New York County, a medical malpractice action against the Hospital and Drs. Wayne Whitmore and Stephen...
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