LUCAS v. HOSP. AUTH.

A89A1649.

193 Ga. App. 595 (1989)

388 S.E.2d 871

LUCAS v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF DOUGHERTY COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinhardt & Whitley, Glenn Whitley, Robert C. Wilmot, for appellant.

Perry, Walters & Lippett, C. Richard Langley, for appellee.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

On October 14, 1985, Milton Lucas was admitted to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery to remove a growth from his right lung. Terri Rachals, a registered nurse, was assigned to care for him after his surgery in the surgical intensive care unit. Lucas subsequently suffered a heart attack of unknown cause on October 17, 1985. On October 18 and 19, Rachals gave him unauthorized injections of potassium chloride, which caused...

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