SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — The family of a 35-year-old Georgia man who died by suicide inside a hospital emergency room is suing the facility, alleging that critical staffing shortages and improper supervision led to his preventable death.
The wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit, filed against Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, claims that nurses, a physician, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and the hospital’s parent companies failed to provide the necessary level of care for Michael Sharadin, who was seeking emergency psychiatric help.
Sharadin, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, called 911 from a Savannah hotel on January 12, 2024, saying he was in crisis and needed immediate help…