The family of a woman who died in a California hospital in 2023 said in a lawsuit that they had not been informed that she had died, leading the family members to believe she had been alive and missing for nearly a year.
Instead, the lawsuit said, Ms. Peterson’s mother had been told that her daughter had been discharged against medical advice.
It took another year for Ms. Peterson’s family to learn that she had died.
“We’re still very sad, and we still don’t have any answers,” Ms. Peterson’s mother, Ginger Congi, said in a video interview.
“It’s hard to not be angry.” The last time Ms. Congi spoke to her daughter was on April 8, 2023, when Ms. Peterson called her and asked to be picked up from the hospital.
Ms. Peterson was pronounced dead less than two hours after she called her mother, according to the lawsuit, and her body was transferred to a cold storage facility the next day.
Her mother asked more questions and was told that her daughter had left against medical advice.
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In a lawsuit, the family of a woman who passed away in a California hospital in 2023 claimed they were not told she had passed away, which gave them the impression that she had been alive and gone missing for almost a year.
Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, had admitted 31-year-old Jessie Peterson. was for treatment in April 2023 in a Sacramento suburb; however, her family was not informed of her death, as per a lawsuit her mother and sisters filed this month in Sacramento County Superior Court. Instead, Ms. Peterson’s mother was informed—according to the lawsuit—that her daughter had been released from the hospital against medical advice.
The news of Ms. Peterson’s passing wasn’t received by her family for another year.
In a video interview, Ms. Peterson’s mother Ginger Congi stated, “We’re still very sad, and we still don’t have any answers.”. “Resisting anger is difficult. “.
On April 8, 2023, Ms. Congi last spoke with her daughter over the phone. During that call, Ms. Peterson requested to be picked up from the hospital. She had been hospitalized for a diabetic episode two days prior, on April 6, 2023. Less than two hours after calling her mother, Ms. Peterson was declared dead, according to the lawsuit, and the following day, her body was moved to a cold storage facility.
Ms. According to the lawsuit, on April 11, 2023, Congi, who was identified as Ms. Peterson’s next of kin, called the hospital and requested to be moved to her daughter’s room. However, she was informed that no one with her name was present. After inquiring further, her mother learned that her daughter had left against medical advice.
Owned by CommonSpirit Health, Mercy San Juan Medical Center is run by Dignity Health. Dignity Health stated that it sent its “deepest sympathies to the family during this difficult time” but declined to comment on the lawsuit. “.
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