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 Rivers, who was 81, suffered cardiac arrest during an examination of
her throat and vocal cords at the Yorkville Endoscopy center on
Manhattan's Upper East Side and died a week later, on Sept. 4, at a
New York hospital.
Earlier this month a government health agency, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, found the Yorkville facility had
fallen short of the conditions necessary to qualify for coverage as
a supplier of outpatient surgical services.
The clinic was given until March to correct its deficiencies or face
revocation of its federal accreditation and funding.
The malpractice lawsuit was filed by Rivers' only child, her
daughter Melissa, in New York state Supreme Court seeking
unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
The lawsuit alleges that the Yorkville clinic failed to properly
advise the elder Rivers about the risks of her treatment and acted
with reckless disregard for her health and safety.
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(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Writing by Steve Gorman;
Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Walsh)
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