Anthony Greene, a 57-year-old Black man, entered Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Islip, New York, already burdened by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the kind of illness that makes every breath feel like work. In the cardiac and intensive-care world of the hospital, where alarms and quick decisions are part of the ordinary, Greene’s condition took a sudden turn. After a respiratory arrest on September 28, 1987, he was resuscitated, but the return of a heartbeat didn’t mean a ret
...Read More
Account
