BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A somber balloon release was held outside NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull Wednesday night, marking two years since the passing of Christine Fields who died after what her family says were complications following an emergency C-section.
Her fiancé, Jose Perez, has been grieving since losing Fields on that tragic day in 2023.
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“It’s stressful,” he said. “Missing her. It hasn’t been easy taking care of the baby, taking care of my daughter just on my own basically. So, it’s been rough.”
According to her family, the 30-year-old’s death was caused by the hospital staff’s failure to properly carry out an emergency C-section and monitor Fields post-surgery. A subsequent investigation into maternal and infant deaths at the city-run hospital led to the firing of a doctor…