Dr. Jacqueline Satchell was 51 when she was admitted to Yale’s St. Raphael’s campus in October 2022 with a perforated bowel, where she underwent surgery to remove part of her infected intestine. …medicalmalpracticelawyers, $7.7M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Yale For Death Of Retired Doctor
Over the next few days, her condition deteriorated. On October 7, 2020, she died. The Connecticut medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed against Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital in January 2023 alleged that the treating physicians breached the standard of care by failing to timely obtain appropriate consultations and undertake appropriate interventions.
The lawsuit alleged that the delay in proper treatment led to her death, and that timely and appropriate care would have prevented her death.