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There are two death
certificates. Why?
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This is supposedly a
corrected version. Why?
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There is no seal -
which is required. Why?
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NOTE: The time of
death on the Death Certificate is at 4:00 p.m.
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NOTE: The time of
death documented on the Albany Medical Record which states it was at
6:05 p.m.?
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NOTE: The Autopsy
report filed with the Pathology Department of Albany Hospital states the
autopsy to have been performed 3 1/2 hours after death. The
time of autopsy is stated as 10:15 a.m. which would put Gilbert's death
at 6:45 a.m. on November 28,1953. This would mean that Gilbert was
given an autopsy before he even entered the Hospital.
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NOTE: A letter written
by the Nun in charge of St. Colman's states that: "Upon advice of Doctor
Haverly, we took him into the Albany Hospital on Saturday morning, and
he died there around six o'clock".
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NOTE: A letter written
by the same nun to the Medical Records Librarian states: "The boy
never regained consciousness and died there in the evening of the same
day". The Death Certificates states 4:00 p.m. in the
afternoon - this is NOT considered evening.
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NOTE: A return letter
from the Medical Record Librarian states: "At approximately 6:05 p.m.,
the patient stopped breathing and pulse could not be obtained".
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NOTE: One has
only to follow the paper trail. Which ones are accurate?
Both Death Certificates state the time of death at 4:00 p.m. There
was no correction of time of death made to the corrected Death
Certificate. Why do we have a corrected version of the Death
Certificate in the first place? There doesn't appear to be any change of
information from the original Certificate to the corrected certificate.
So Why?
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NOTE: Cause of
death is Meningitis - Cause Undetermined
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NOTE: Letter
written by Medical Record Librarian states the cause of death to be:
"The final diagnosis was septicemia, beta hemolytic streptococcus".
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Also, Letter written,
December 16,1953, by Medical Record Librarian states that the autopsy
report has not yet been completed.
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The autopsy was
performed on November 28,1953, the day of Gilbert's death.
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The Autopsy Report was
not approved until July 7, 1954, nine months after the autopsy was
performed. Why? This is not normal proceedure.
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The final notes on the
Autopsy Report state that the believed cause of death was: fulminating
Staphylococcal bacteriemia.
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Page #9 of the Autopsy
Report states: "there is no evidence of encephalitis or
meningitis". Remember the Death Certificate state cause of death to be
Meningitis - cause undertermined. Why was this not noted in the
corrected version of the Death Certificate?
