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Doctors Can Be Held Liable in Heat Death of Obese Mental Patient
The decedent, an obese diabetic suffering from hypertension with a heart
condition with abnormal EKG readings, was involuntarily committed to a
psychiatric hospital where he took psychotropic medications. He died on a
day with 90 degree heat and 90% humidity, of acute cardiopulmonary arrest
and hyperthermia exacerbated by psychotropic medications.
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condition with abnormal EKG readings, was involuntarily committed to a
psychiatric hospital where he took psychotropic medications. He died on a
day with 90 degree heat and 90% humidity, of acute cardiopulmonary arrest
and hyperthermia exacerbated by psychotropic medications.
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