A lawsuit has been brought against the Iowa Lutheran Hospital, several first responders, an unnamed doctor and the city of Des Moines itself by the fiancé of a man who suffered brain damage in 2018. According to the lawsuit, the man sought treatment for a respiratory illness in 2018. When a doctor saw the patient struggling to breathe, he advised that he go to the emergency room. The EMTs in the ambulance managed to intubate him after several failed attempts but removed the tube because he was coughing up blood. Part of the lawsuit alleges that the nearest doctor refused to go to Iowa Lutheran Hospital to treat the patient. The patient went into cardiac arrest. He was eventually revived but suffered brain damage and has been in a vegetative state since. The man's fiancé is suing the hospital and the individuals involved for hospital negligence, which she claims is the direct cause of his brain injury.
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