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MATTER OF KUSHNIR

177 Misc.2d 352 (1998)

675 N.Y.S.2d 807

In the Matter of Nickolas Christopher, as Chief Operating Officer of the Parkway Hospital, Petitioner, for an Order Authorizing the Involuntary Medical Treatment of Anna Kushnir.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

May 21, 1998

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, Great Neck (Eve Green Koopersmith of counsel), for petitioner. Gary C. DiLeonardo, Forest Hills, guardian ad litem.

HERBERT A. POSNER, J.

Anna Kushnir is an elderly hospital patient who was admitted into Parkway Hospital from the Dry Harbor Nursing Home with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Parkway has petitioned the court to perform a procedure called percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) which is basically the surgical insertion of a feeding tube into the stomach and intestines.

A hearing was held in the courthouse...

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