The second that ENT entered the Yorkville clinic that place was screwed. Your not allowed to have a doctor from an outside facility at a doctors office that they are not allowed to practice medicine in. Even if the ENT was only there to “Observe” that is still a huge no no. They keep on saying that Joan Rivers never “consented” to having a biopsy done. Ive had to sign many consent forms, unfortunately Im in such a panic over the procedure I never have actually read it(I know, I should but really, who does, your more nervous about the procedure) but I know for me they make you sign one form and it has nothing to do with getting biopsies done. Its implied, your going to get something checked out for a reason, how silly would it be for a doctor to put you under, check you out, find something, then wake you up and say “I found something during your endoscopy but I wanted to ask you first if it was OK for me to biopsy it, will just do it next time” no doctor says that. When my Mom gets the same procedure done he biopsies her stomach and esophagus because she has acid reflux issues, as do I..So Cohen is screwed for letting the ENT in and the ENT is screwed for doing the biopsy that she knew could increase the risk of a throat spasm. I feel horrible for Melissa and Cooper, we did not know Joan but hearing this news pains us, but for Melissa and Cooper, this was their family, it must be tearing Melissa’s heart out knowing her mother did not have to die
Sarah, you’re right on the money. I want to know how did they do the biopsy? I’m a doctor. I’m trying to figure this one out. I’m sure that Cohen had an understanding with the ENT and as you’ve said she was probably sending patients there, and this sorta thing had been done before.
Here’s the sad thing. These stars hire these physician enablers sychophants etc... to watch out for them.. in truth they’re losers... they’re dangerous. She didn’t protect Joan. She threw her under the bus.
She should have said... “Ok... stop the procedure.. she doesn’t have GI reflux.. let’s pull out and we’ll re check her throat...another time.”
Can you imagine you or your mother being checked by your GI MD for GI reflux...and you wake up and you’re told “oh you had a thingy on your larynx that we just happened to have biopsied by an ENT that was here today.” Plus you’re slightly sedated, but not out. Why was she out for an endoscopy? I mean what the hell is going on here?