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People v. Smithtown General Hospital
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Indictment against doctors and nursing staff
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Allowed sales rep to participate in “meaningful
way” during surgery to replace a hip implant:
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rep used a mallet to remove the hip prosthesis
rep repaired the patient’s femur after the surgeon accidentally fractured it
rep inserted the new hip prosthesis
during times when the surgeon left the OR
Fortunately, no indictment sought against rep – but court found that he
“unlawfully engaged in the practice of medicine without the prior
informed consent of the patient under circumstances which did not
constitute an emergency.
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