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National Desk | May 2, 2003, Friday
Family Agrees on $12 Million in Hospital Suit

(NYT) 353 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 24 , Column 4

ABSTRACT - Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center in Chicago will pay $12.5 million settlement to family of Christopher Sercye, 15-year-old boy who died when he was shot just outside hospital and medical staff refused to treat him because he was not on hospital grounds; case drew national attention when it occurred five years ago (S) Nearly five years after a 15-year-old died when he was shot just outside a hospital that refused to treat him, his family has accepted a $12.5 million settlement from the hospital.

The teenager, Christopher Sercye, was shot twice in the stomach on May 16, 1998, after playing basketball with friends in an alley behind Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center here. A friend ran with him toward the hospital, but Christopher collapsed 30 feet from the building. While he lay on the ground, the friend ran to the hospital for help. Staff members told him that they were forbidden to treat anyone not on the hospital grounds. Police officers, frustrated with the inaction, wheeled Christopher into the hospital on a gurney. He died about an hour later.



 

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