Staff at a Missouri hospital brushed off a diabetic man’s cries that he “could not breathe” and was feeling extremely weak as him “simply hyperventilating” until he died hours later of complications from diabetic ketoacidosis, a lawsuit says.
The parents of George Lubrano, 24, are suing Mercy Hospital in Springfield for not giving him “proper” and “timely” care after he showed up to the emergency room complaining of vomiting, lower back spasms, and a “critically high” blood sugar level over 500, according to their legal petition, which was filed last week in Greene County.
Lubrano entered the emergency room around 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2024, and died at 6:01 p.m. from “clear symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis,” which is described by the Mayo Clinic as a “serious” health condition and complication of diabetes in which acids build up in the blood to levels that can be “life-threatening if left untreated” on account of the body not making enough insulin…