The Death of Joan Rivers
What Went Wrong?
What Went Wrong?
S
he arrived in a limousine and left in an ambulance. Joan Rivers
was supposed to undergo a routine endoscopy to diagnose
why she was suffering a sore throat, a hoarse voice and
Lessons learned from an endoscopy
that was anything but routine.
ROGUE OR ROUTINE?
Ms. Rivers died on
Sept. 4, several
days after going
into cardiac
arrest following
a routine
endoscopy at
a surgery center.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
The Death of Joan Rivers
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