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Gary, 44, suffered from chronic neck pain. He underwent a cervical injection procedure<\/a> at a surgical center and was treated by an anesthesiologist. After Gary was placed lying faced down during this procedure, the surgical staff discovered that Gary was not breathing. He was resuscitated and hospitalized. However, Gary died six months later due to complications from hypoxia<\/a> or a deprivation of oxygen, which undoubtedly occurred while he was undergoing the cervical injection and was not breathing.<\/p>\n

Gary had been a railroad worker earning about $90,000 a year and was survived by his wife and two minor children.<\/p>\n

Gary\u2019s family filed a lawsuit against the anesthesiologist alleging that the doctor chose not to monitor Gary during the cervical injection procedure and failed to timely respond to the fact that Gary\u2019s vital signs showed signs of hypoxia. It was also maintained that the doctor chose not to intervene before Gary suffered the hypoxic event.<\/p>\n

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Gary, 44, suffered from chronic neck pain. He underwent a cervical injection procedure at a surgical center and was treated by an anesthesiologist. After Gary was placed lying faced down during this procedure, the surgical staff discovered that Gary was not breathing. He was resuscitated and hospitalized. 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