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- Eva Mae Rhodes had second-degree burns and was unresponsive when paramedics brought her to St. Mary's Hospital in 2017.
- According to the lawsuit, Rhodes died of hypothermia two weeks later.
A family has filed a lawsuit alleging their 98-year-old grandmother died after a Florida health care facility left her outside in 90-degree heat for more than five hours.
Eva Mae Rhodes had second-degree burns and was unresponsive when paramedics brought her to St. Mary's Hospital in 2017.
According to the lawsuit, Rhodes died of hypothermia two weeks later.
Candace McKinley says her grandmother suffered from dementia, couldn't talk and was in a wheelchair.
NBC affiliate WPTV says that a report from the Department of Children and Families says the elderly woman's temperature was 103 degrees when she was taken to the hospital, where nurses contacted the agency.
Lakeside Health Center told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel they were unaware of the complaint.
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The lawsuit says Rhodes was a patient there for three years.
