CAMPBELL v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1

No. 37,876-CA.

862 So.2d 338 (2003)

Faye CAMPBELL, Debbie Ann Campbell Watts, and Nelda Campbell Harmond, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 CALDWELL PARISH d/b/a Citizens Medical Center and Dr. Henry H. Nguyen, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Street & Street, by D. Randolph Street, Monroe, for Appellants.

Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, by P. Chauvin Wilkinson, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Appellee, Citizens Medical Center.

Blue Williams, L.L.P., by Kurt S. Blankenship, Robert I. Baudouin, Metairie, for Appellee, Dr. Henry Nguyen.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY and MOORE, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

The wife and two daughters of an emergency room patient filed this medical malpractice and wrongful death suit against the hospital and emergency room physician. The patient/decedent presented in the emergency room with chest pains from unstable angina. Within two hours of his hospitalization and after he was admitted into intensive care, he had a massive heart attack. Plaintiffs assert that the heart attack could have been avoided or its effect lessened...

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