Legislative leaders are hoping to establish regulations for Massachusetts emergency departments and lift the cap on hospital malpractice lawsuits after a Somerville woman died from an asthma attack at the door of a locked Somerville hospital emergency room.
Laura Levis died in 2016, having succumbed to an asthma attack just feet away from help and after calling 9-1-1 at the steps of Somerville Hospital’s front door. Levis’s husband and Boston Globe journalist Peter DeMarco wrote about the safety…
