Phoenix, AZ asked in Family Law, Health Care Law and Wrongful Death for Arizona

Q: I'm trying to get a autopsy done for my aunt but hospital denied it .

My aunt was sent to the emergency because of breathing and she had an open wond that she's been going thru for years.. they said her lungs were good that she was able to go home but she was supposed to stay over night to get antibiotics.. so they had put her under observations and so I got a phone call that she stopped breathing that they were giving her an antibiotics and she just started changing colors , also she was allergic to an antibiotics but they never found out .. once they started the antibiotics she said for them to take it out and she was gone the next minute.. they are saying she died of natural causes and her passed history and also she had a blood clog but they never said she had one after being there all day ... I need help I need to know what to do ...

1 Lawyer Answer

A: Contact a member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Assn who handles medical cases-they give free consults and take cases on a contingent fee.

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