Chicago man files wrongful death lawsuit against cardiologists, hospitals

A man in Chicago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a group of cardiologists and hospitals, The Cook County Record reports. Brandon Green filed the lawsuit against A. Thomas Petropulos, MD, the Cardiology Group, Consultants in Cardiology & Electrophysiology, Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation and Advocate Christ Hospital Health Partners.

Green alleged that those defendants did not provide proper medical care to Royaline Green, who developed an infection in 2014 and later died.

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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