A 26-year-old promising dental student died in a Connecticut hospital’s intensive care unit that was being overseen by a “tele-health” doctor — who pronounced him dead via a video call, a lawsuit alleges.

Conor Hylton’s family slapped the wrongful death lawsuit against Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus last month for allegedly not having a physical doctor on-site when he was admitted to the ICU in August 2024, according to the filing.

Hylton, who was studying at UConn School of Dental Medicine, took a turn for the worse in the hours after he went to the hospital seeking treatment for pancreatitis and a slew of other conditions.

In the four hours he was in the ICU, Hylton was never examined by an on-site doctor, despite his condition worsening, the lawsuit charges.

“They violated hospital policy because no on-site doctor assessed Mr. Hylton from the time he was admitted to the ICU until after he exhibited seizure-like activity at 4:30 a.m.,” the court docs state.

Instead, the hospital allegedly relied on “off-site tele-ICU providers to care for its patients.”

Eventually, Hylton “slid down in bed, his eyes rolled back and he … exhibited seizure-like activity, vomited, became bradycardic and code was called,” the suit said.

“He was intubated, but he could not be resuscitated, and he was pronounced dead.”

“The pronouncement was done by a ‘tele-health’ provider on a video screen,” the suit added.

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Oh what a great country we should all be proud of

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