(Radio Iowa) - State officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who died four years ago after University of Iowa Health Care staff repeatedly misdiagnosed her symptoms as likely related to COVID.
Seventeen-year-old Emma Nugent of Iowa City died of a pulmonary embolism and her parents will be paid one-point-two million dollars to settle their lawsuit. In the spring of 2020, the teenager had several in-person and telehealth appointments with University of Iowa Health Care doctors and nurses.
Nugent told them she was having chest pains and shortness of breath and was taking an oral contraceptive with a potential side effect of blood clots. None of the COVID tests she took showed she had the virus, but Nugent was repeatedly diagnosed with "suspected COVID."