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[YorkieonmyPillow]

I read about it a few days after she passed away, but you can find it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/joan-rivers-surprise-biopsy-cut-air-supply-source-ar...

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On 10/17/2014 YorkieonmyPillow said:

I read about it a few days after she passed away, but you can find it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/joan-rivers-surprise-biopsy-cut-air-supply-source-ar...

Everything you read on the internet is not true! Most especially when it comes from un named sources. This is not in the coroners report so legally - it did not happen.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

From all I've read, I definitely think there is liability involved. The head of the clinic has already stepped down, and the investigation is ongoing.

I'm not trying to sway anyone else's opinion; just stating what mine is.

Time will tell.

[HiLo]

On 10/16/2014 YorkieonmyPillow said:

On 10/16/2014 chrystaltree said:

I'm surprised by the finding. The report seems to be saying that the doctor and the facility acted appropriately and Joan's death was due to the normal risks associated with anesthesia. Which certainly could be the case. Anyone who has ever had any type of surgery or any invasive testing knows the risks, that's why we sign consent forms. It's just that things like this are so rare that we assume they never happen.

I read it the exact opposite way: a "predictable complication" would mean the doctors should've been aware that this could happen, and been prepared in the case of. Meaning, it should NOT have happened.

Yes, ktylnam, she had a laryngospasm. I don't believe she had consented to the biopsy that was done.

"A predictable complication" would seem to me to mean that complications should have been" predicted".