[News Script: John Peter Smith statement] Page: 1 of 2
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JkP IfALUE
HEN ES
A spodesman for John Peter 'sni h Hospital issued a statement
today in' response to charges of negligende I1 THE DEAT01 O? A
29- LAd OLD FOIr WiOiiTH MAN...LAJT U1UdjDaFY. THE MA ' ;IFE TOOK
HI i To THE HOSPI1tL THUR LA INIG T... , A- TEAMED AND ALLEA.SED...
BUT THEN DIED FOUR HOURS LATI.. .F A HEAVI ATTACK.
A HOSPITAL 6POKE MAN ISSUED A FORMAL STATEMENT ON ThJE NAT EI T1I' ,OINIG-
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An investigation of the circumstanc s surr un ing the
- nerg acy r omcare and the subsequent death of' thel te
-r. -r. Jimmy Charles Taylor has shown t at physicians res-
ponsible for his care functioned properly and competently.
The patient and his wife were permitted to leave the emerg..
en ency room before electrocnrdlopra and the x-rays hd been
interpr ted by the physician ordering tem. There is how-
ever no conclusive evidence to indicate that t f the pa-
tients bi-ng admitted to the hospetal would have reversed
the sequence of physiological events which led to hi
hea heart attack :nd subsequent death.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: John Peter Smith statement], script, June 25, 1971, 12:00 p.m.; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1436088/m1/1/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.