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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Family sues hospital that allegedly told them their 13-year-old was dying - but it was entirely curable

An Oregon family has sued a Portland hospital, claiming doctors told them their 13-year-old daughter was dying when her condition was entirely curable.

Steven and Lori Stokes claim in the lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court in late May that their daughter was hospitalized for more than a month after doctors implanted a heart valve upside down during her open-heart surgery.

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