A tragedy at a Pennsylvania surgical center is bringing attention to the dangers in medical recovery rooms.
Doctors told the parents of 17-year-old Mariah Edwards that their daughter was in the clear following a routine surgery to remove her tonsils.
But the next thing they knew, their only daughter was lying in a hospital bed lifeless and brain dead.
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