Plaintiff, a former mental patient at the Payne Whitney Clinic of defendant New York Hospital, has brought this action for medical malpractice against the Hospital and two of its resident physicians, arising from an allegedly excessive and improper electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) course of treatment resulting in permanent memory loss and other brain impairment. Joined as an additional party defendant is Mecta, the manufacturer of the ECT machine (Model-C) used in her treatment...
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