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In December 2015, the plaintiff, Michael Burke, who was then 73 years old, underwent a scheduled hernia repair at Northwestern Medicine-Kishwaukee Hospital<\/a> in DeKalb, Ill.<\/p>\n

After this hernia repair surgery, his blood pressure dropped and he complained of severe abdominal pain. Burke\u2019s family asked the surgeon, Dr. Stephen Goldman, to look in on Burke, but Dr. Goldman allegedly said that he would not do so until he was finished with other patients. <\/p>\n

At about 6 p.m. that same day, Dr. Goldman performed an exploratory surgery and found Burke\u2019s abdomen was full of blood. An hour later, Burke\u2019s wife noticed her husband had weakness on the left side of his face, he was unable to fully open his left eye, his lip was drooping and his speech was slurred.
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In December 2015, the plaintiff, Michael Burke, who was then 73 years old, underwent a scheduled hernia repair at Northwestern Medicine-Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, Ill. After this hernia repair surgery, his blood pressure dropped and he complained of severe abdominal pain. 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