Doctor who operated on Joan Rivers breaks her silence about fatal procedure
The doctor accused of taking selfies
with Joan Rivers during the unauthorized laryngoscopy procedure that
ultimately killed her has broken her silence about the surgery.
Dr Gwen Korovin, the 'throat
specialist to the stars', was at Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28
2014, working on Rivers even though she was not authorized to be in the
room, according to reports.
Rivers went into cardiac arrest
during the procedure and died on September 4 at Mount Sinai
Hospital,which made her daughter, Melissa Rivers to file a medical
malpractice suit against Korovin, 56, and others.
In the suit, Korovin was accused of taking a selfie during the procedure but she has denied the allegations.
NY Daily news
Korovin has never spoken out about
what happened during the procedure, but in newly filed papers in
Manhattan Supreme Court, her lawyer denied outright many of the
allegations Rivers’ daughter Melissa lodged against her in a medical
malpractice suit.
Korovin’s response to the suit,
which was filed in April but just made public this week, issues blanket
denials to most of the allegations, but does say Cohen “invited” her to
perform a flexible laryngoscopy on Rivers.
Korovin, who’s treated the likes of
Hugh Jackman, Celine Dion and Mick Jagger, also said none of the other
doctors objected to her being in the procedure room.NY Daily news
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