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The mother of a Dallas man who died while being treated at Parkland Memorial Hospital has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the hospital and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. George Cornell had a history of heart trouble and schizophrenia when he was admitted to Parkland in February 2011. The lawsuit charges that rather than properly treating Cornell and monitoring his progress, the staff provided powerful medications, used improper force to restrain him, and left Cornell alone in the room where he died. "This is a lawsuit about holding medical facilities responsible to that most basic requirement of medical care – the one that says, ‘First, do no harm,'" says attorney Charla Aldous, who represents Cornell's family. Government investigations have shown that Cornell's care violated basic requirements for hospitals treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. For more information, contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534 or mark@androvett.com.