Author sues Christus St. Vincent, claiming negligence for ignoring 'do-not-resuscitate' directive [View all]
A Santa Fe woman is accusing Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center of negligence in a lawsuit, saying the hospital gave her a pain medication that caused a dangerous allergic reaction and then violated her “do-not-resuscitate” directive by reviving her after the narcotic caused sudden cardiac arrest.
The complaint was filed recently in state District Court on behalf of author Jamie S. Sams, who writes about Native American spirituality. Sams, who is of Cherokee and Seneca descent, according to an online biography, is perhaps best known for the Medicine Cards book and card deck she co-authored with fellow Santa Fe writer David Carson.
Sams’ complaint says she has a rare disorder called Dercum’s disease, which causes severely painful growths and has no cure or specific treatment.
In February 2016, Sams says in the complaint, she went to the Christus St. Vincent emergency room to seek pain control to ease the symptoms of her condition and was given Dilaudid, a brand name for hydromorphone, despite having warned medical staff that she was allergic to the opioid painkiller.
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