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Officials at Christus St. Joseph Hospital today will learn more about the death of a staff doctor who was killed over the weekend in a fatal elevator accident.
"We're having an internal briefing in the morning," hospital spokeswoman India Chumney Hancock said Sunday.
Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, a surgical resident at the downtown Houston hospital, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upwards.
Hospital officials later today may release further information about the incident to the public following their closed-door briefing, Hancock said.
A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her. Although she wasn't injured, the traumatized employee was taken to the hospital's emergency room to be treated for shock.
"She was released that day," Hancock said. Officials declined to release further information about the woman, citing hospital privacy rules.
Houston police crime scene specialists took photographs and measurements of the scene. The information was passed to Harris County medical examiners who were still conducting their inquiry Sunday into the accident.
The entire elevator bank where Nikaidoh was killed was pulled from operation following the accident, but St. Joseph Hospital officials said the decision won't affect patient services.
Read More/Source: Houston Chronicle
"We're having an internal briefing in the morning," hospital spokeswoman India Chumney Hancock said Sunday.
Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, a surgical resident at the downtown Houston hospital, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upwards.
Hospital officials later today may release further information about the incident to the public following their closed-door briefing, Hancock said.
A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her. Although she wasn't injured, the traumatized employee was taken to the hospital's emergency room to be treated for shock.
"She was released that day," Hancock said. Officials declined to release further information about the woman, citing hospital privacy rules.
Houston police crime scene specialists took photographs and measurements of the scene. The information was passed to Harris County medical examiners who were still conducting their inquiry Sunday into the accident.
The entire elevator bank where Nikaidoh was killed was pulled from operation following the accident, but St. Joseph Hospital officials said the decision won't affect patient services.
Read More/Source: Houston Chronicle