Ng

FACTS

In October 2023, Ng filed a complaint against the Medical Center and doctors Kathleen McMahon, Ahmed Badr, Lihong Wu, and Timnit Tekeste, based on the following allegations. Ng’s husband, Kenneth Ng (the Decedent), was admitted to the Medical Center in December 2022 due to a

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2 malfunction of his G-tube. In the emergency room, McMahon replaced the G- tube—but placed it in the wrong location inside the Decedent’s body—and misread a portable X-ray as indicating that it had been properly placed. The Decedent was then admitted to the hospital, where he was seen by Badr, Wu, and Tekeste; all three failed to perform testing to confirm proper placement of the G-tube. When the tube feedings started, the Decedent began to complain of severe pain. A radiologist later reviewed the X-ray film and realized the error. During this time, the Decedent had been continually fed through his G-tube, which caused him to develop sepsis and ultimately die roughly three months after his admission to the Medical Center. Based on these allegations, the complaint alleges two causes of action against…