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Milton Poultney

Case from West Islip, NY dated Sep 16, 1987

Victim Details

Milton Poultney

Male

West Islip

NY

1987-09-16

75

Milton

Poultney

07/30/2026

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Milton Poultney, 75, male, was supposed to be one more Long Island patient on the mend when he entered Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip in mid-September 1987. He had been admitted for gallbladder surgery, and witnesses later testified that doctors also removed a tumor that turned out to be benign. In the days after the operation, family members were led to believe his recovery was going as expected, the kind of slow, cautious improvement that happens one monitored hour at a time.

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