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Medical Negligence Case: Catherine Acosta by Dave Ocampo is a document available to read on EtoBox.

(1) Catherine Acosta, age 13, underwent an appendectomy surgery but fell into a coma and died three days later. (2) Both Dr. Carillo and Dr. Madrid were found criminally negligent and guilty of simple negligence resulting in homicide for failing to properly monitor and care for Catherine after her surgery. (3) The Court of Appeals affirmed this conviction, noting specific failures by the doctors like not weighing Catherine before administering anesthesia, failing to monitor her condition after surgery,

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Dave Ocampo

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