Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 9, 2003 (Hein v. Cornwall Hospital)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

In this medical malpractice action commenced on January 22, 1999, based on, inter alia, the failure to diagnose and treat timely an obstruction of the bowel, resulting in various corrective surgeries and gastrointestinal injuries, as well as extensive loss of the bowel, plaintiff charges defendants with malpractice committed on July 17, 1996, July 20, 1996, July