Gay aneurysm

But after the year-old was rushed by ambulance to a Florida medical center, she fought for her life alone. Langbehn has sued Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital and three medical professionals, alleging they "ignored" her needs and that of their legally adopted children and prevented her from making healthcare decisions.

Jul 20, PM. Texas flooding updates: Over dead as flash flood threat increases in Texas. They said the couple was treated no differently than any other family in such circumstances. The lawsuit, filed in the U. District Court in Southern Fla. Langbehn is being represented by the gay activist group Lambda Legal , which said the case could determine the way hospitals treat not only gay and lesbian patients, but unmarried heterosexuals and single people who rely on friends.

An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of an artery. AAA is more likely to occur in men, but women have a greater risk of rupture and worse prognosis. Stream on. But, with same-sex marriage legal in only five states , gay couples can receive inconsistent access to hospital visitation and decision-making rights, according to the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.

By ABC News. They can also cause clots that block blood flow. Lawsuits by two lesbians could shape how hospitals treat same-sex couples. Langbehn said a social worker at the hospital informed her, "I need you to know this is an anti-gay city and a anti-gay state , and you are not going to get to see her or know her condition.

May 20, , AM. Sponsored Content by Taboola. Trump admin updates: Trump wants Senate to cancel August recess to work on noms. Her partner of 18 years, Janice Langbehn, said she was not allowed to see Pond for eight hours as she lay dying, and their children were never given the chance to say goodbye.

She immediately called a friend to fax health care proxies and a durable power of attorney but the hospital disregarded the documents. AAA is a multifactorial disease, and the etiology is still not fully understood. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a vascular disorder with a high case fatality rate in the instance of rupture.

Jul 21, PM. ABC News Live. And in Langbehn's case, even though the hospital may have open visitation, gatekeepers can interpret those policies differently. She said pleas to be at her partner's deathbed were not granted because the Lacey, Wash. The town’s mayor, Justin Flippen — who was gay and part of a history-making group of city leaders — died suddenly on Tuesday night from a brain aneurysm, according to the Broward County.

Jul 14, AM. Father charged with murdering daughter, 9, after false kidnapping claim: Police. The hospital, through its lawyers, denied that their social worker made any such comment and said that saving Pond's life was the doctors' top priority at the busy trauma center that serves the entire county.

Intracranial aneurysms reveal sex‐specific differences in their number, location, risk of rupture, response to treatment of risk factors, and histology. Aneurysms can burst and cause internal bleeding.