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Woman left on operating table sues North Shore Univ. Hospital

Handout of Jennifer Ronca and her husband, Michael.

Photo credit: Handout/Handout | Handout of Jennifer Ronca and her husband, Michael. Jennifer was abandoned on the operating table by North Shore University surgeons during brain surgery on April 10, 2009. Dr. Paolo Bolognese, and chief of neurosurgery Thomas Milhorat, were the doctors involved.

A woman left on an operating table waiting for brain surgery filed a lawsuit Thursday against North Shore University Hospital and two neurosurgeons.

The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Mineola, follows sanctions by the state health department. Last Friday, the state cited the Manhasset hospital for 14 violations after two neurosurgeons failed to operate on Jennifer Ronca, 32, of...

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