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Article: Anonymous Letter Reveals Death by Overdose at Cook County Hospital.
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- PR Newswire
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- November 29, 2001
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CHICAGO -- On Thursday, November 29, 2001, The Law Office of Tom Leahy will file a wrongful death, medical malpractice lawsuit against Cook County Hospital on behalf of the family of a Chicago woman who died on December 12, 1999 in Cook County Hospital. Helena Kopec died following a hysterectomy surgery. Her children were told by hospital personnel that she died from cardiac arrest resulting from a blood clot. Earlier this year the family received an anonymous letter from someone at Cook County Hospital accusing the hospital of covering-up the true cause of Mrs. Kopec's death from her family. The letter stated that Mrs. Kopec's death was due to "a fatal drug overdose" ...