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"A doctor at a Belleville medical center is accused of improperly prescribing a pain medication that caused the death of one of his patients.<br /><br />Nanette Stein, as daughter and special administrator of the estate of Lena Williams, filed a lawsuit Feb. 1 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Dr. Joseph Yazdi and HSHS Medical Group Inc., doing business as Southern Illinois Brain and Spine Center.<br /><br />According to the complaint, Williams was a patient of Yazdi at the Southern Illinois Brain and Spine Center in March 2012. Stein claims Yazdi prescribed Fentanyl transdermal, a patch designed to deliver 50 micrograms per hour of pain medication. Two days after beginning the medication, Stein says Williams had a heart attack and died. She contends the cause of death was an excessive dose of Fentanyl.<br /><br />Stein is suing Yazdi and his employer of negligence and wrongful death. She asks for more than $300,000 in damages for medical expenses and court costs.<br /><br />Attorney Samantha S. Unsell, of Belleville, represents Stein.<br /><br /><em>St. Clair County Circuit Court Case No. 13-L-60</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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