The New York clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a cardiac arrest during a medical procedure failed to follow standard protocols while treating her, state health investigators have said.<\/p>\n
The comedian died on 4 September, aged 81, a week after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy centre.<\/p>\n
A report released by the Department of Health cited multiple errors, including failing to detect Rivers’ deteriorating vital signs during the procedure.<\/p>\n
Negligence has not been alleged.<\/p>\n
The New York medical examiner’s office ruled Rivers died of brain damage due to lack of oxygen during the procedure examining the back of her throat and vocal cords<\/p>\n
The death was classified as a “therapeutic complication”, meaning it was a known risk.<\/p>\n
The comic had been sedated with the anaesthetic propofol, however the report said there there were inconsistencies recorded in its dosage.<\/p>\n
It added there was no record staff at the clinic weighed Rivers before administering the drug.<\/p>\n
‘Misconduct and mismanagement’<\/strong><\/p>\n Hypoxia – brain damage caused by lack of oxygen – and cardiac arrest are rare side effects of propofol, but patients usually sign a waiver before surgery to confirm they understand the risks.<\/p>\n But the report said there were no records of medical consent for all the procedures performed.<\/p>\n Investigators said the clinic “failed to identify deteriorating vital signs and provide timely intervention” in Rivers’ case.<\/p>\n They also noted a staff member took pictures of the comic without her consent while she was under anaesthesia, in violation of the clinic’s mobile phone policy.<\/p>\n Rivers daughter Melissa said she was “outraged by the misconduct and mismanagement” that occurred and wanted to ensure it does not happen again with any other patient.<\/p>\n Her lawyers are investigating the circumstances surrounding her mother’s death.<\/p>\n As a result of the state investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services has given Yorkville Endoscopy until 7 January to correct deficiencies to avoid losing accreditation to the government’s Medicare programme covering the elderly.<\/p>\n The clinic told NBC it had submitted a plan to officials addressing all the issues raised. It added the physicians referenced in the report no longer provided services there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New York clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a cardiac arrest during a medical procedure failed to follow standard protocols while treating her, state health investigators have said. The comedian died on 4 September, aged 81, a week after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy centre. A report released by the Department of Health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":64313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-64312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-togbe-afede"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}